Monday, April 6, 2026

A Real-Life Fairy Tale about Books, Friendship, and Our Interconnected World

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Years ago, I received a message from a math teacher in Turkey, Feyza Demir, who wanted to know how she could get a copy of my third-grade-le...
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Monday, March 2, 2026

Squeeze Out Every Possible Drop of Joy!

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My new book, CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, comes out in ten days.  Right now, I have NO next book under contract, NO ne...
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Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Power of EXTREMELY Minimal Goals

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I wouldn't say this was a "resolution" for the new year. It was more just "something that needs to start happening NOW or...
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Thursday, January 8, 2026

In Praise of Rejection Slips

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Despite its being the new year, the year I vowed that Everything Is Going to Be Different This Time, I am back in my same old listless letha...
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Thursday, January 1, 2026

What Is the Difference Between "Contentment" and "Settling"?

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Happy new year, everybody! Poet Molly Fisk suggests that instead of making new year's resolutions, we choose a word to reflect on throug...
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Sunday, September 21, 2025

One of the Happiest Days of My Long and Happy Life

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This post is going to be stuffed full of love and joy and bliss and gratitude as I come down to Earth after my younger son's wedding ear...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Best Gift from the Muses: A New Book Idea

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Some of my writer friends have zillions of ideas, more than they could write about in a lifetime. I heard a talk from one children's boo...
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