So much depends upon . . .

so much depends

upon

a white frozen

pond

near the dark

mountain

beneath the blue

winter

sky

xx

Student Art: Ruby Holler

Have I said how much I 

LOVE

student artwork?

Love

love 

love

it.

A privileged glimpse

inside their heads.

Such gifts!

xx

Most Best and Dignified

(Click to enlarge)

"Beautiful"!

"Most best"!

"Dignified"!

Welllll, okayyyy!

Love this envelope.

(And the old wooden table beneath it is pretty cool, too.)

xx

The Boy on the Porch: first look

Whoah!

This really surprised me:

the arrival today of an 

advance reader's copy 

(ARC)

of 

THE BOY ON THE PORCH

!

It will be published in September.

I wasn't expecting an advance copy

so soon.

But here it is, a gift.

It's a book.

No longer sheets of paper

marked with corrections.

A book.

I'd better go read it.

Hope it's good.

xx

Cows

In the far pasture

the Belted Galloway cows

(the "Oreo Cows")

Zinny

(not a Belted Galloway)

the nose of

Zola

(a Belted Galloway)

Communion:

cow and girl

*

A year ago 

I finished a book

in which a boy loves a cow

not knowing that soon

my granddaughter would

love cows, too.

Cows.

Mm.

xx

The Boy on the Porch

And there it is:

the cover of the upcoming book

The Boy on the Porch

due out in September or October 2013

Ta da!!!!!!!!

Always exciting to see the cover.

Whatcha think of it?

xx

It's all about the snow . . .

It's been all about the snow

these last few days

You are hypnotized

You have to stop and stare

such a world

such wild and stunning beauty

The kids are going to have

such fun

such jumping

and flopping

and sliding

and digging out

and the sun and snow and shadows

are arrayed

before you

and you smile smile smile

don'tcha?

xx