Communing With Cows . . .

One of the beautiful by-products

of this move to Maine

is that

in the middle of unpacking the

boxes

boxes

boxes

and answering the

mail

mail

mail

and doing the

laundry

laundry

laundry

and other

work

work

work

is that

close by

are grandchildren

and one

is

communing with

newborn

newborn

newborn

cows.

Ahhhh.

xx

Order Amid the Chaos

You wouldn't know

that on the perimeter

of this calm scene

are towers of 

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

Boxes

I tell ya:

millions of boxes.

xx

What I'm Doing

Part Two of Move:

Arriving

Boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

boxes

xx

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