When I was in fourth grade at Woodside Elementary, I was the shy new girl. My teacher’s name was Miss Cherry. The class size was small, around a dozen students. One of my classmates was also my neighbor from down the street, a boy named Tom Mogensen. One of two children, he came … [Read more...] about The Boy Next Door
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BOOKS & SNAIL MAIL
I read an article recently that caught my attention. It was about a charitable organization called Imagination Library. Founded by superstar Dolly Parton and launched in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, it distributes free books to underprivileged children starting from … [Read more...] about BOOKS & SNAIL MAIL
The Day I Was Almost Shot During a Shoot
Okay, so it wasn’t quite as dramatic as that, but I’m a writer and we tend to embellish. What happened was I sneaked onto private property, an orange grove I’d seen as I was passing on the road I was on at the time during a trip in California where I was doing research for my … [Read more...] about The Day I Was Almost Shot During a Shoot
“Who Wants Pie?”
Thanksgivings in my house when I was growing up, it was a Norman Rockwell scene with eight of us gathered around our table at dinnertime. For our Thanksgiving meal my mom would always buy the biggest turkey she could find, usually a 30-pounder (it’s a miracle it fit in our … [Read more...] about “Who Wants Pie?”
