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Put on Your (Imaginary) Dancing Shoes + a Giveaway!

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Wonderful Australian author Carolyn Miller is joining us today! The heroine of her new book is a ballet dancer, which I love. When I entered Kindergarten, I clearly remember the teacher doing a "What do you want to be when you grow up?" unit. My answer: "I want to be a ballerina." Books like Carolyn's give me a chance to live out that childhood dream vicariously! Details on the giveaway she's … [Read more...]

Traveling back in time and books

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This weekend we're back in DC while I attend a conference. We arrived yesterday, and it has felt like a homecoming, y'all. I haven't been back since an incredibly quick 12 hours in 2015 on my way to a study abroad in Brazil, and it's a bit scary how much I settled back into knowing how to walk around and find things. We left in 2002 to move to Indiana, and I've always said this area is one of the … [Read more...]

Ready for fall, anyone?

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I'm so ready for fall, I can taste it. First, another book is due September 2nd and I'm racing to finish. It's been a difficult one to write. Mostly because it's been inside me for a long time and those are always hardest to get onto the page. But also because we've recently moved. Still in Nashville, just a different house. It's been a long and frustrating process—is moving ever fun, though, … [Read more...]

My chicken, O my chicken . . .

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I have a little black frizzle (her feathers curl upward) who's been with me several years. Blackie is sprightly and actually a little mean to the other hens, but she's healthy. But last week I let the chickens out and noticed that the rooster, who's always the first one out of the coop, had flattened her on the ground. I just assumed he was being a little over-eager, but once he moved away, … [Read more...]

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