By: Alkelda,
on 8/7/2009
I had two gigs last weekend. One was great, and one was not. Fortunately, the great one was on Sunday and the experience was the opposite of the one on Saturday in every way. I know it's unrealistic to expect every storytime to be wonderful, but I always strive to give my best performance possible despite factors beyond my control. The Sunday performance helped to take away some of the sting of
By: Alkelda,
on 5/11/2009
Eric Herman, children's musician and blogger of Cool Tunes for Kids, made the front page of Boing Boing. Congratulations, Eric!
By: Alkelda,
on 9/19/2008
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! To celebrate, Eric Herman has a new video for you:
By: Alkelda,
on 8/24/2008
Head on over to Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast to read everyone's weekly kicks as they roll in. Here are mine, written on Saturday night: 1) Thursday, we attended a wedding on the beach of the Golden Gardens, and then partook of a potluck dinner afterward. Years before I met Bede, I thought that if I ever got married, the Mennonite in me thought a potluck for the reception was a grand
By: Alkelda,
on 8/11/2008
The House of Glee attended Eric Herman's Cool Bug Tunes for Kids concert as part of King County Library System's summer reading program, "Catch the Reading Bug!" Bede took photos for Eric, and I got to judge the dance contest for the compact disc giveaway. Afterward, we had dinner at the food court and caught up on music, gaming and storytelling gab. Here's a photo: And here's a video I put
By: Amber T. Kingston,
on 2/14/2008
Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!
I hope you are celebrating today with some wonderful fun, sweets, and hugs from friends! This Valentines Day I received a surprise of my own. The Reading Tub decided to post my interview and biography early, in time for St. Patrick’s Day! I couldn’t be happier. If you would like to check it out, it is now posted on their website at http://www.thereadingtub.com/displayAuthor.asp?id=49. That takes you directly to the Bio page. From there you can scroll down and click the link to the interview, or to go directly to the interview, just click, http://www.thereadingtub.com/displayInterview.asp?id=49. I will also be posting the interview on my website inside my new Media Room. If you haven’t been there recently, be sure to check it out! The Media Room offers an updated Bio and some new questions for those in the media. Right now I’m hard at work conceptualizing my new book trailer. It’s coming along really well—and I have no prior experience in movie making! But I will need to have a company help me with the music and special effects . . . but I’m so excited! It’ll be great to see the final product. Well, that’s all that comes to mind for now. I hope everyone has a special Valentines Day, and I’ll be in touch soon!
XOXOXO,
Amber
Oh, OUCH. I have no idea how you went on with the show, NONE. You're a serious trooper!!
Ack! You are a true professional. Wishing for a better week for you. No, make that a wonderful week! You're overdue.
Oh, poor thumb! I hope it is all better now.
You are one tough mama to go on with the show! I'm sorry that happened and hope it's all better now!
Thanks, everyone! As tempting as it to say, "Oh, pshaw, I had no choice but to go on" in reality I had to steel myself and push on. It still hurts like the dickens, but I can tell that my body is doing what it needs to do to make the repairs.
I'm hoping soon to be able to start reviewing the backlog of CDs I have on my desk. I've got some good ones to share.
I'm sending you good vibes to help you feel better!
Back from vacation and catching up on my reading. You're awesome and things will get better. Hugs.
I'm just now seeing this post, though of course I knew about your thumb. OUCH. You. are. a. trooper.
P.S. To the email question: Yes, I'd love to see a pic!