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on 2/10/2013
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Here we go again!
Tomorrow is the big day.
Tonsils out!
I'm reading about the hero's journey lately -
the road a character takes
to become changed in a story
- a.k.a the story arc.
Writing and life are so linked, don't you think?
We're all on a journey.
We face monsters, magic, trials, portals every day - they just look a little different in real life.
Tests, school, work, laundry...
Pip's monster this week is tonsils.
We're trying to equip her with happy times,
to sustain her on the road of liquid food and couch time.
So we took her ice skating.
And experimented with pennies.
and made some copper valentines.
Did you know salt and vinegar can make some pretty impressive green crystals?
Then it was time for invisible ink, made of baking soda and water.
and purple cabbage juice to reveal our secret messages.
Very spy-like.
To go with the spy theme, I'm making her a book treasure hunt.
Like the book
geo-caching we did last year when Winnie said goodbye to her tonsils.
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And speaking of books,
Margaret Bloom's "Making Peg Dolls" book giveaway is coming to my blog soon!
Stay tuned!
Happy, healthy hearts to you!
Sick days, valentines, and writers' journeys:
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on 2/4/2013
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We like to ring in Groundhog Day
with high style over here.
He sees his shadow, he doesn't see his shadow,
either way we get balloons
because Sugar Snack is four!
Bring on the sweets and sprinkles.
Sugar high!
I'm thinking of changing his name to "Cheeks."
Everyone likes a party.
Even small sewn friends.
Happy day, Cheeks.
And speaking of happy days,
Happy book birthday to Margaret Bloom of
We Bloom Here.
"Making Peg Dolls" is a gorgeous book.
I can't wait to rave all about it.
And I will!
I get to be part of Margaret's
blog tour, which starts today.
Margaret will be giving away a copy of "Making Peg Dolls"
to one of my lucky readers this month.
Stay tuned for giveaway details.
You can also visit Margaret as she tours the blog-globe.
Giveaways and surprises, oh my!
February 4th:
The Crafty CrowFebruary 5th:
The Magic OnionsFebruary 6th:
The ToymakerFebruary 7th:
CleanFebruary 8th:
Anna BranfordFebruary 11th:
Red Bird CraftsFebruary 12th:
Art is a WayFebruary 13th:
Softearth's WorldFebruary 14th:
Chocolate EyesFebruary 15th:
Rhythm and RhymeFebruary 18th:
Wild Faerie CapsFebruary 19th:
Sacred DirtI'm the caboose!
It's going to be brilliant.
Hooray, Margaret!
and in other news, goodbye Pip's tonsils...
That's our next adventure.
I'll let you know how we do.
Sugar Snack's birthday books:
I, Crocodile, by Fred Marcellino
Little Tug, by Stephen Savage
Alphabet City, by Stephen T. Johnson
Shortcut, by David Macaulay
In the Town All Year Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner
Who gives heavy, blunt instruments to toddlers for Christmas?
I'm pretty sure this is what inspired "The Lord of the Flies."
My
Making-Merry-on-the-MiniGeoboard Kits are a hit.
And as far as homemade gifts go, how simple is this?
A block of sanded wood.
A bag of screws and nails.
Yarn and rubber bands.
All packaged up and ready to be assembled.
We wrapped a hammer and screwdriver kit for Sugar Snack, too.
He's in Fix-It Heaven,
stomping around the house,
adjusting all the screws.
I keep waiting for the doors to fall off
with the next
ACHOOO!
I don't know how safe a gift of nails
and screws is for the preschool crew.
I've tried to remind them to keep the sharp points
away from mouths, noses and electrical openings,
but you never know.
It helps to have ample adult supervision
when you're dealing with all those hammers.
So, let's just have a proviso here:
For crafty, writing, or artsy tips,
visit me with gleeful abandon.
For safe parenting tips,
go to
someone else.
Happy New Year, my friends!
May it be gloriously rich in the simple joys
and surprisingly glad in all the rest.
Books:
Tools by Taro Miura
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Safety tips AND cuteness)
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on 12/19/2012
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We take Christmas as we find it.
Big or little. Rich or poor.
Our December began with a broken car.
Growing kids bursting out of their coats and socks and shoes.
And a skinnier piggy bank.
So we're doing homemade this Christmas.
And humble, homemade gifts won't hurt us a bit.
In light of so much sorrow around us this year,
all we have is gratitude.
The messes don't matter.
I am unspeakably thankful for these eight small hands,
alive and healthy,
for the joyful chaos that surrounds them,
for my imperfect, half-finished jumble,
the light, the squeals, the squabbles.
The egg carton bells.
Popsicle stick snowflakes.
Trying on wreaths as hats.
What matters is already surrounding us.
Love encircles us,
wraps us in glowing strands,
and though it doesn't magically take away the sorrows
of our broken world,
Love is the thing that will mend us.
It anchors us when winds and sorrows come.
Smooths out the wrinkles in our weary, bleary furrows.
Makes us small candles to give courage in the dark.
Simple, homespun gifts may not be sophisticated,
fancy, or exactly on everyone's wish list,
but they are offerings of love.
and I'm okay with that.
Because love goes deeper than wish lists.
Christmas began with a gift
wrapped in old clothes and straw.
A humble gift.
A love gift.
Love to you, my friends.
Love.
Connecticut. Haiti. Japan.
Rwanda. Middle East.
Love to you.
Picture Books We're Enjoying this Week:
The Christmas Tapestry- Patricia Polacco
Christmas in the Barn- Margaret Wise Brown, Barbara Cooney
A Child is Born - Elizabeth Winthrop, Charles Mikolaycak
Gleam and Glow - Eve Bunting, Peter Sylvada
Christmas with the Mousekins - Maggie Smith
The Little House Christmas - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
One Wintry Night - Ruth Bell Graham, Richard Jesse Watson
The Joy of A Peanuts Christmas - Charles Schultz
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on 12/12/2012
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We made ornaments this week...for the birds.
Because they ate all our cherries this year?
Because they pecked holes in the eaves
and made attic nests?
Heh.
But then we went birding.
A day's adventure into the wet, into the wind,
unconnected
from my technical world,
no busy busy, no run arounds, no errand hopping,
just listening.
Squinting into far off brambles.
Surprisingly, I connected. With the herons in the tree.
With the brown-headed eagle, the sparrows, the finches.
Like the time we stumbled on a barn owl and we lingered there, watching,
till the sky turned shadowy.
Or the day we pulled over the car to observe scores of starlings bathe in muddy puddles.
Maybe it's just the act of stopping
in the midst of a life that whirls
-watching birds go about their day,
breathing in a piney forest,
feeling rain pelt and pummel -
Maybe that's what slows me down.
wakes me up.
brings me peace.
And peace is what we all need this time of year.
So we made gifts for the birds.
I never thought I'd buy lard.
Or thistle seeds, for that matter.
Who needs more thistles? Birds, I guess.
So we squished together birdseed "cookies,"
threaded cheerios onto pipe cleaners
and bent them into hearts.
Where did Birdy's cheerios go?
The big kids strung popcorn, nuts and apples into garlands.
I cut up felt and old jeans and t-shirts into bird-ish shapes
for ornaments and pins.
It was a good project for little sewists.
And then we gathered our bounty
and strung it up
in the climbing tree.
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
- and wild and sweet
- The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
- Had rolled along
- The unbroken song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night to day,
- A voice, a chime,
- A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
"There is no peace on earth," I said;
- "For hate is strong,
- And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
- The Wrong shall fail,
- The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Peace to you, my friends...
peace that lifts,
peace with wings.
And some beauteous books to warm your winter!
The Birds of Bethlehem - Tomie dePaola
Night Tree - Eve Bunting, Ted Rand
The Candle in the Forest - compiled by Joe L. Wheeler
Uncle Vova's Tree - Patricia Polacco
The Trees of the Dancing Goats - Patricia Polacco
The Birds' Christmas Carol - Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Mitten - Barbara McClintock
The Mitten - Jan Brett
The Money We'll Save - Brock Cole
Owl Babies - Martin Waddell, Patrick Benson
Owl Moon - Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr
No Two Alike - Keith Baker
It's United Nations Day.
Flags would be nice.
Meals from around the world.
Folk dancing.
Music.
We didn't get that far.
We spun the globe and colored pictures of continents.
Every tree starts with a seed, right?
My grandmother Elsie was a great oak of political consciousness.
She lived and breathed for the United Nations,
for women, for equal rights,
for the poor, for education.
Her legacy stands true and straight before me,
waving its branches:
Be brave! Help others! Stand up for what's right!
Women couldn't vote when my grandmother was little.
Which amazes me.
It's such a simple and essential thing
to have a voice, to be counted!
I'm grateful for the
whole forests of women and men before me
who fought
for me and my girls,
for our rights, for our vote,
for changes that have made this world better.
And here we are!
Voting day is around the corner.
Regardless of how it all turns out,
it's a beautiful gift
to have a voice that counts.
Some books that we love:
Grace for President - Kelly di Pucchio, illustrated by LeUyen Pham,
Ruby Mae Has Something to Say - David Small,
Imogene's Last Stand - Candace Fleming
How to Make and Apple Pie and see the world - Marjorie Priceman
...and here's a great game for future world changers:
"I Never Forget a Face" matching game, illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell
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Birthdays for one small Two
and two big Sevens
all in one whippy whirlwind of a week.
Whew!
With such a mouthful of birthdays,
we partied nice and mellow...
except for... the big girl cakes...
Uh.
A few words to the wise:
Betty Crocker
invented cake mix for a reason.
The reason?
She had twins plus two toddlers
and could not juggle kids and kitchen.
My attempt turned out two overly dense
six-layer rainbow pink berry chocolate cakes
with floppy, sloppy frosting...
sound yummy?
hmmmm.
I have learned from my mistakes.
From now on, I will stick to wordy, artsy things
and leave baking to the Big Whisks
and their foodie blogs.
Goodbye, high rise glorious
skittle skat roarious.
It's cupcakes from now on.
Five days later, Birdy's birthday began
with a houseful of pink balloons.
Heaven!
What else does a newly two need?
A frilly dress-up,
a home-sewn crown
fuzzy old chenille in a soft new quilt,
giggles
and some really easy cupcakes from a stress-free mama
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Yummy Cake Books:
The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious
High Pie Angel Food Cake - Nancy Willard, Richard Jesse Watson
The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies - Heather Forest, Susan Gaber
Round is a Mooncake - Roseanne Thong, Grace Lin
Clever Jack Takes the Cake - Candace Fleming, G. Brian Karas
Mud is Cake - Pam Munoz Ryan
Thunder Cake - Patricia Polacco
Moon Cake - Frank Asch
Babycakes - Karma Wilson, Sam Williams
The Fairy Tale Cake - Mark Sperring, Jonathan Langley
What are your favorite yummy books?
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I'm at a blank!
I know my plot, my scenes,
my characters and their backstories to the nth generation.
I have tidy rows of index cards in Scrivener
spelling me all the way to the end.
I know what NEEDS to happen next
but I just can't picture WHERE it happens.
On a ship? In a shack?
(Sounds like something from Green Eggs and Ham)
Outside? Moonlight? Storm clouds? Hammocks? Dock? Bridge?
This is no end of frustrating!
I recently read
this advice from author Molly Blaisell
about writing novels.
One of the gems she writes is to Stop Rushing Yourself.
So I'm playing with the kids.
A fruit box puppet theater is a good way to try different settings for the novel...right?
While a fruit box has a perfect open shape
for marionette-style puppets,
my kids wanted stick puppets.
So I cut a hole big enough for four pairs of hands
plus
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When elves visit,
be they wee bairns,
or white-whiskered and jolly
it is best to
provide snacks
and woolly stockings.
Might I also suggest
a means of documentation -
for doubters, and writers alike.
How else will people believe us?
I've started keeping a notebook and pens at the ready,
in case elves, or story lightning strikes.
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Who says angels smile all the time?
 Jelly jars, colored beach glass and beeswax candles on my grandmother's silver tea tray... I lit a candle with the kids last night. We talked about hope. about promises and longed-for things. Eight years ago, I was told I couldn't have children. I was lost at sea, grasping for a new direction, for something to hold on to.  That Christmas, my sister-in-law gave me a present, a simple linen square, sewn with one word: hope. I stared over and over and over at that sewn word, trying to own it. hope. It became my tangible reminder that help is never far, even when we can't see or feel or think through our hard times. And that season, eight years ago, is when I started writing, actually sitting at a desk, plotting and birthing stories. Which I'm still doing today. My four sweet endings, you've seen.  
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By: Faith Pray,
on 11/23/2011
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sometimes whirlwinds blow in intrude on those carefully crafted goals send sacred mud in spades and shovels
do i sigh and grumble over my lost tasks? truthfully? too often.
but when i'm paying attention, i stop and look at my happy wildebeests, soak them up with my eyes douse them with kisses
and then we go play in leaves
gather up our thankfulness by the armful
press them flat in big books
By: Faith Pray,
on 11/9/2011
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Pip and Winnie's fairy door.
Do you ever find portals while reading?
Lucy Pevensie's wardrobe Alice's rabbit hole Harry's Platform Nine and Three Quarters Dorothy's tornado Meg Murry's tessaract
Characters in these stories are ordinary people, minding their own perfectly normal business when whoosh! - in zips a talking rabbit, a parliament of owls, an envelope in emerald ink, bag ladies spouting Latin -
and the next thing they know they've been carried away into a gloriously different world - and life is never the same.
Children, lunatics and writers live on the edge of that line between fantasy and reality.
Life is good here.
It takes less work to believe in books, to look for fairy doors and hang out near them, hoping for a way in.
At least, that's my excuse when I find myself wishing for Diagon Alley, an invitation to Camp Halfblood,
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A wise old owl sat in an oak the more he saw, the less he spoke the less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?
Pip's owl costume.
Well, it turns out birthday buntings double as owl suits.
Whether she's recognizable as an owl, whoooo knows, but she's happy.
By: Faith Pray,
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Sinkers and Floaters.
This summer we made an entire fleet of homemade boats. We wanted to see which would be the most seaworthy.
If you're an artist or writer, you may be able to relate.
How do you view what you've made -
as experiments, or tiny pieces of your soul?
Too often as a writer, I send out tiny pieces of my soul I like to call manuscripts.
My manuscript souls wobble out into the blue -
some of them proud and brave, others nervously checking their rigging, desperate to sail smooth waters.
But when those manuscript soul pieces, (dare I call them horocruxes?) hit bad seas or... or...
sink
"Oh No! How My Science Project Destroyed the World" by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat.
Ah, Science Fairs. This book says it all.
Pip and Winnie can relate.
| Yes, we did have a pet snail for 3 days. |
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Deliciously spoiled by a conference weekend studded with children's book stars, I give you my gleanings on Finding Your Voice. Tips for Artists and Writers from Candlewick Press' Art Resource Coordinator Anne Moore: | from Grandma's Gloves, ill. Julia Denos |
Finding your voice starts with questions.- What do you love?
- What moves you?
- What captures your imagination?
- What do you have to offer?
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- Use your passions as your springboard.
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I had two plans to get myself to the SCBWI Western Washington Spring Conference next week. (Ahem. Still working on Plan A.)  | Sweet Laurette's, (c) Faith Pray 2011
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- Do a bundle of new artwork
- Frame it
- Open a Gallery on Etsy
- Find a local place to hang my art
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We've been watching Haiti, wanting to do something.
And I've been looking for a way to help that involves my kids. At the same time, the twins have been begging to learn how to sew. We got a sewing book for Christmas. We discussed our favorites, which dolls we would make first, what kind of dresses we would make for them. They're taking dolls to orphans in Haiti. What better start to our adventure with the Wee Wonderfuls book?
The Dolly Donations drive asks that the dolls have a love note or prayer tucked inside the body.  Pip and Winnie got to help hand sew the faces.  The skin, hair and dresses are made from repurposed fabrics.
I've been reading a ton of books, in part because we went on a long vacation so I had more time on my hands. Here are a few titles that captured my attention, and one to give away as well.
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson I didn't want to read this book because I'd recently read two others that featured dead sisters ( Tell Me a Secret and Losing Faith), but oh, how I loved this story. And despite starting from a similar place as the other characters, this book had something that the other two didn't: majorly HOT romantic scenes. Interspersed with poetry from the main character, prepare yourself to fall in love with this beautifully written story. We Hear the Dead by Dianne Salerni This historical novel chronicles the Fox sisters, three girls who unwittingly led the spiritual movement back in the 1800s. That alone makes for a fascinating read. But the story also follows the romance between one of the sisters and the best known explorer of the time, Elisha Kane. It's a story of survival and class distinction, of families and lies, and it totally captured my attention. Author Dianne Salerni has penned a script for this sweeping saga. I'm hoping the story makes it to the big screen soon. Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon Once I started this middle grade novel about acceptance, fitting in and staying true to yourself, I couldn't stop reading it. With a sweet romance (Are we noticing a pattern here? Maybe it's because I just had an anniversary!), wonderfully real characters and heart-wrenching choices, this story stuck with me long after I read the last page. Kekla is an agent-mate, but even if she wasn't, I'd be recommending this book. The Giver by Lois Lowry Okay, so this isn't exactly a new book. I'm just a little late to the party. What can I say -- the guy on the cover always creeped me out so I never picked it up before. But with all the dystopian titles I've been reading, I thought it was time to go back to a classic. Was I ever blown away. The book lacks some of the action of the current crop in this genre, but it's obvious that 18 years later, aut
By: Kate Hall,
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Cotton Malone has retired from the American special forces unit he was in after his work in he Templar Legacy. Now he is running a bookstore and quite content until his ex-wife shows up one day to tell him their son has been kidnapped. An organization wants information only Malone has and are willing to kill to get it. So Malone sets off with his ex-wife to find their son. But soon they stumble onto something bigger than Malone has been art of before. A secret society is trying to destabilize Israel and Saudi Arabia by showing that Israel is not the chosen land of the Jews. Malone, of course, knows nothing of this. The only place that might have the original documents is the Library of Alexandria, long believed to have been destroyed. But it is actually protected by a group of people called The Guardians who issued invitations to view it to a select few. Malone is not one of those few, but uses the keys left to someone else to track it down dragging his reluctant ex-wife with him.
This is a fast-paced, action packed book that is full of intrigue and plot upon plot. Berry keeps you guessing til the last and does not disappoint with a half-finished ending. Everything it resolved to my satisfaction at the end of the book. This is an interesting book in that Malone brings his ex-wife in his jaunt (although not willingly). I like his writing style and the stories he picks to write about. It reminds me of Robert Ludlum.
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Aw, I love the book treasure hunt! I hope the surgery goes well and the recovery is easy and full of books. :)
Sending lots of hearty thoughts for a speedy recovery! Thanks for the writing book recommendations -- I will definitely check those out!
What a lovely day, regardless of the "why." Wishing your little one a quick and easy journey through tonsilectomy. And thanks for the lovely pb list!
I hope her surgery goes well and everything is fast and smooth in recovery. I also hope Mama hangs in there okay too!
I want to do a book treasure hunt... I LOVE that idea. LOVE LOVE LOVE! The idea reminds me of a YA love story that has a treasure hunt (of sorts) hidden in books: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares.
Thanks Faith!
My son had that surgery, too! Hope she's feeling tip top by now. I love your photo essay posts, Faith. Enjoy the lovely winter day.
Faith, thank you! Our recovery is indeed full of good books - Time for another trip to the library!
Thank you, Barb. I look forward to catching up on your blog once we're back to normal. Cheers!
Stasia, thank you. We're doing couch time aplenty over here!
Kjersten, you know! The book treasure hunt is so much fun. They are at the perfect age to appreciate it right now. I will look for Dash and Lily's Book of Dares. It sounds great!
Amy, I hope your boy and his mama survived it well? I'm so glad to see you posting again. I love getting insights from you.