How cool is this? In the New Orleans area, we can recycle our Christmas trees to benefit the coastal wetlands. This was the first year we had a “real” tree. We usually have a fabulous black-and-silver plastic one, prelit and ready to decorate in three steps! Oh my goodness they were so little! Which was…Continue reading Recycling trees
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Birth Writes anthology has arrived!
Update 12/12/17: Birth Writes, A Collection of Real Life Birth Stories, published in December 2016 and is available through Amazon! Check out this amazing collection featuring not only my birth-in-exile story, but also wonderful work from talented writers such as Caroline Grant and Suzanne Kamata, my former colleagues at Literary Mama. Great gift for the…Continue reading Birth Writes anthology has arrived!
Book review: I Am Jazz
Banned books stun me. Seriously? We’re still doing this? When I read about a school in Wisconsin cancelling an author’s reading–of a PICTURE BOOK–for fear of lawsuits, and then 600 people packed a library a week later to hear that author read, I knew I had to check out this book. I Am Jazz by Jessica…Continue reading Book review: I Am Jazz
Anthology publication!
So excited! An essay I submitted some time ago will be published in an anthology! The anthology is a collection of birth stories, and mine is about giving birth five days after evacuating from Hurricane Katrina. The editor said the book should be available sometime before December. I will definitely share the word when it…Continue reading Anthology publication!
Sustainable Arts Foundation awards
Hey parent-artists! Have you applied for the Sustainable Arts Foundation award yet? The deadline is tomorrow, Sept 2, at 5 pm Pacific time. The organization offers one award of $6,000 and five awards of $2,000 each fall and spring to writers and visual artists who are parents. How cool is that? Go to their website…Continue reading Sustainable Arts Foundation awards