Orlando: A few hours on a plane and you're in a sunny warm place where trees have leaves and grass is green. I loved the silvery foliage of this tree in front of my building (hotel complex Coronado). And I took this palm tree photo from the balcony.
Now if you are someplace where the landscape is gray and brown, like the Northeast for example, you're probably thinking these photos are fake. The sky is too blue. The pool is too blue. But I took these with my tourist-y camera, no joke.
Now imagine that I have to tear myself away from all this beauty and sunshine to go into a convention center. I know! But it was a thrill to see a big group of English teachers eagerly waiting to talk about poetry. Sylvia Vardell started us off and we were all treated to readings by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Marilyn Singer and Pat Mora. They were all so gracious and made me feel welcome in the Poetry Club.
You probably can't see that this pyramid has water flowing down the steps, but it was a very soothing sound. A great spot to mellow out after my presentation.
Before the Random House dinner, I hung out with a few writers at the waterfront lounge, including 2k10 Classmate Janet Fox, author of Faithful and the forthcoming Forgiven (Spring 2011).
Then it was on to a nice meal with Random House folks and NCTE English teachers.
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2 Comments on NCTE 2010 Pix, last added: 12/3/2010
What a ride!!
Ooh, I am feeling the poetry now! Thanks for this post. And how beautiful are you?? xo