A quick note to tell you that I’ve gone and written a wee book. Not just any old wee book, mind you, but a chapbook. What’s that? You don’t know what the heck a chapbook is? Ah, let me do something about that… Wish you were HERE! (My wee book is available for… [Continue Reading]

I begged. “Please can we sell lemonade, please?” My friends Cari and Jenny stood next to me, nodding excitedly. Mom agreed. We lived in Wheaton, Illinois, that year. A block from the railroad tracks. Trains in Illinois were looooong and came often. It was not unusual for cars to be… [Continue Reading]

(My grandma Eck died last week. 94 years old. She and I had a good many things in common, some of which I loved, others not so much. Here’s my little eulogy for her!) One of the things I most enjoy having in common with Grandma is where I grew… [Continue Reading]