Thanks!
Great, big, polka dotted thank you to everyone who entered the drawing for the Planet Earth book. I had such a great time reading everyone’s thoughts about what they liked most about our world. Every one made me smile, so I wanted to say “Thanks!” We’ll reach into our stash of numbers on Monday and [...]
Easter only 2 days away! :-)
Hi, bloglings, Sir Buffalo Sushi here. “Only 2 days ’till Easter!”, all the buzz is mostly about. Peter Rabbit, Chocolate bunnies, Easter eggs, chicks, rabbits, ham, all that good stuff. Well I’m going to compare a traditional Easter day with the Easter day at Chez Polka Dot suitcase. Morning: Traditional: sleep in, slowly get up [...]
Easter eggs
Easter is less than a week away (followed by Tax Day but let’s focus on the good things, okay?). I was thinking about Easter this morning during prayers, and then I got to thinking about the commercialization of Easter and all the symbols. Which led me to think about Easter eggs. I’m not talking about [...]
Book giveaway: Planet Earth
April brings showers, taxes…and Earth Day! To celebrate Earth Day this month, I’ve got two fun giveaways planned here at Polka Dot Suitcase. The first is a book I wrote, Planet Earth: 25 Environmental Projects You Can Build Yourself. I know what you’re thinking (“Sigh. Another one of your books, Kate?”). But this book has [...]
Sir Buffalo Sushi’s top 6 ways to get rich
Hello, earthlings! Sir Buffalo Sushi, yet again, I know you’re all thrilled to be reading my post again. Well, I’m 11 years old now, and I’ve been thinking; I should be thinking about my career… But, I don’t think I’m going to have a job, I’ll probably just get rich at age 20. This is [...]
Coffee as a literary technique
Yesterday, one of the people I stalk follow on Twitter (I mean really…”follow”? Hello, creepy! Let’s call it what it is.) shared this video: [youtube 4Yawpg_WlCw] So I’m thinking…if all these newsy folks can use words like hoity-toity and fuddy-duddy and get on national news, why, that’s reason enough for me to use them. And [...]
