Don’t forget to check out my WRITERS GIVE HOPE campaign to give llamas through Heifer International – and win a Who’s Your Llama t-shirt! Spy Llama An intercepted cable across the mid-pacific line was recently posted on WikiPeeks…the identities of the callers are unverifiable, but circumstances suggest that renegade present-giver Mr. Claus (MC) was one party and a distraught North America Parent (NAP) was… Read More
Don’t forget to check out my WRITERS GIVE HOPE campaign to give llamas through Heifer International – and win a Who’s Your Llama t-shirt! Last year, my kids invented Llama hand signals** and a chant-song to go with them. If you think this is strange, you’ve never had a 3rd – 6th grader. They seem to live for this stuff…. Read More
Because one day of llamas is not enough. I was inspired last year by Nathan Bransford to host a holiday charity drive to help Heifer International. This wonderful charity gives meaningful gifts of hope to hungry families around the world through livestock, training, and other assistance. Heifer deploys the idea Give a man a fish, you feed him for a… Read More
This is my day. And it’s only 9am. So yeah. No blog post today … but come back tomorrow for some great Llama fun and a kick off to my Holiday Celebration! *goes off to face the day*
Dark Omen (age 12) writes a lot, and his characters have always been very strong. Sinister overlords or heroic defenders of the galaxy. He also loves humorous characters – savvy robots or smart-mouthed subordinates that give voice to his quirky, funny side. Recently he’s started to give his characters more depth, because his plot turns require a character to be… Read More
Whenever I teach a child, I learn something. That may be cliche, but it is true for me. I’m not a teacher, but every parent is a teacher (intentional or not). The engineer in me likes to do things intentionally. Voice is notoriously difficult to describe, let alone teach. But some kids seem to have an intuitive sense of it…. Read More