An Hour A Day

In the past few days at the Children's Literature Association conference, I crossed off several "bucket list" items, things th...

Greetings from Columbus! I'm here attending the annual meeting of the (scholarly) Children's Literature Association conference. This...

Well, one day - ONE! - after posting my weepy, whiny complaint about how I can no longer find my golden hour of the early morning to write, ...

Many of you know that I begin a new life on the first day of each month, a life that will revolve around creative joy and dazzling productiv...

I left Greencastle, Indiana, on Monday at 4:45 p.m. I completed the 18-hour drive, along scenic, un-trafficked Route 36, by 5:15 p.m. the ne...

Today is my last day at DePauw. My students turn in their final work for the term at 5:00 p.m., and I start driving to Boulder at 5:01, in o...

One of my regrets from this final semester (ever?) of teaching at DePauw is that I haven't made enough time to savor the charms of my ad...