Reading Barbados: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
After Azerbaijan, the next country in my literary journey around the world should have been The Bahamas. But I ended up taking the wrong figurative plane and landed in Barbados instead. However it...
View ArticleMy 2024 in Books
. I didn’t quite meet my 2024 reading challenge goal of 107 books (one more than I read in 2023), but I read some very challenging books, so I mostly feel okay about it. For the past couple of years, I...
View ArticleRecently Published
Last month I posted My 2024 Year in Books, and to avoid too much New Year navel gazing, postponed a publication round up. So, this post collects links to everything I wrote that published in December...
View ArticlePublished in February 2025
. Here are links to the articles I wrote that published in February. If you have school-aged kids, I’ve got you covered on the summer camp planning. But even if you don’t, I hope you find something...
View ArticlePublished in March 2025
Regular readers may have noticed that I write fewer articles than I used to. I’m very happy to report that is at least partially a result of having earned a certification in grant writing from Seattle...
View ArticlePublished in April 2025
In April, I won my first grant as a certified grant writer. The grant will purchase supplies for a monthly Family Day event at the Vashon Heritage Museum. Although it was a small grant, I hope that it...
View ArticleReading The Bahamas: Facing the Sun
After Azerbaijan, the next country in my literary journey around the world should have been the Bahamas. But I ended up taking the wrong figurative plane and landed in Barbados instead. That worked out...
View ArticlePublished in May 2025
. While I continue to focus on building experience – and successes – as a grant writer, I did write a few pieces for publication in May. Maybe you’d like to read one of them. . ParentMap ‘Let Me Be...
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