Parenting Media Association award winner
My wonderful editor at Carolina Parent emailed this week to let me know she’d submitted one of my articles to the Parenting Media Association — and it won an award this weekend! No, no big gold trophy. But we’ve got enough of those around the house anyway — doesn’t everyone? There’s the big fish one [...]
iPhoneography, part two: a rose
Hubby brought home some flowers the other day (awww!), so naturally I had to whisk them upstairs for a photo shoot. Two of my faves, both from the iPhone: And this one, a close-up of the petals on another flower, also with the iPhone: Haven’t had time to mess around with the second photo, but [...]
Cabin fever
I kind of feel guilty for what I’m about to write. After all, it has been “winter gone mild,” especially here in the Southeast. We had an itty bitty bit of winter-type material fall from the sky and cling to slick surfaces, but then it was all gone. But still… I’m going utterly stir-freaking-crazy. I [...]
iPhoneography
Totally stoked about iPhoneography. Back in high school and college, I took photography classes. You know, the ones where you stood in the darkroom, feeding wet film onto that spool, doing it by feel alone? And then all the smelly chemicals, and making prints… It was fun and all, but nothing like the fun I’m [...]
Ghostwriter for hire — finder’s fee for you!
As you may or may not know, in addition to being a feature writer and author, I’m also a ghost. Boo! (Had to do that; sorry. But now it’s out of the way.) As a ghostwriter, I can help you take that great book idea that’s in your head and turn it into a real [...]
Cool parent moves (recipe: Crockpot Buffalo Chicken)
I’m pretty sure I’ve shared this story with everyone I possibly know, and possibly here on PDS already. But it’s a great story and I was thinking about it yesterday. First of all, I have the greatest parents. There, I said it. Here’s one example to back up that mighty statement: When I was around [...]
…and we’re back (Weather and Climate book giveaway)
Took a little break here at the PDS. Why? Busy working on some book projects. Happy to say, one of them is out already — my new science activity book for kids, Weather and Climate! With 25 Great Activities. This fun little title is for kids ages 6-8, and it’s loaded with can-do stuff like [...]
The mothers of Disney
So, there are a lot of evil step mothers in Disney stories. And in typical Disney fashion, many of the characters are outright orphans. I guess because of the kid audience, they have to both identify with the character (so it’s a younger character), plus put them in peril (making them tackle the world by [...]
