This is the point I love: when a series of blog posts starts to shift away from the original idea, into something a little different. Start that on day 2? Sure, why not. You can read the starting point of the theme here. My original thought was to split the posts into a good number …
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Picture Book Inspiration Month: a few more ideas
It’s another Thursday. That’s a start. Might even be an opportunity to do some blogging again. It’s nearly the end of the month – that month where I said I would come up with more ideas for picture books. The numerically astute among you will see that didn’t really happen. At least, not at the ‘one …
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X is for x-rated
Because, after all, how many xylophones do you find crossing your path, begging to be your latest found item? It just doesn’t happen that way. And neither, really, do prompts beginning with x – you may have to go looking for them. Or inventing them. Turns out inventing is just fine, when it comes to …
G is for gravity
Never was I so happy to have gravity reintroduce itself to me, as after a recent encounter with a particularly neck-battering roller coaster. I think I am still having flashbacks. The thing is, I’m actually quite sad about this. I used to love roller coasters. My dad and I had a thing about going on scary …
R is for rustling
Not that kind of rustling, pardner. The sound. It’s the wind in the trees and the leaves under my feet. It’s the sound of autumn. The rushing in the leaves and branches as the not-yet-gales try out the trees for size. The snap and crunch of leaves around the benches at school where I wait …