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Much to be grateful for this week! Quotes on Gratitude “Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.” — Aristotle “Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.” — Wayne Dyer [...]

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Want to proclaim your participation in 12 x 12 while donating to a worthy cause?  Or perhaps you just want to contribute to a worthy cause and get some cool gear.  Either way, the 12 x 12 in 2012 Cafe Press store officially opened its “doors” today. One hundred percent of the proceeds of sales [...]

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Two exciting 12 x 12 in 2012 announcements! Announcement #1 Beginning February 7th, a pre-published participant of the 12 x 12 challenge will guest post on the blog for the new Tuesday 12 x 12 series.  Each participating author and/or illustrator will write a post on a topic of their choice related to the challenge [...]

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I didn’t write a post about Martin Luther King Day this week, so I thought I would share my favorite picture book on the subject of slavery and racism in the U.S.  I had the extreme good fortune of hearing the author read this story out loud at a conference, where I was moved to [...]

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Smile, You’re on Katie Davis!* That’s the way I feel today as I have the extreme honor of being Katie Davis’ first Brain Burps About Books podcast guest of 2012.  I am so excited I’ll be throwing the link around all over the place – in this post, on Facebook, on Twitter, email.  Want to [...]

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Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you had a great celebration to ring in the New Year.  I also hope that after you are finished watching football and nursing whatever *ahem* hangover you might have, you are ready for DAY ONE of the 12 x 12 in 2012 challenge!! Ladies and Gentlemen, fire up your [...]

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A classic Christmas choice for this, the day before Christmas Eve. The Little Fir Tree Written by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Jim LaMarche Harper Collins, March, 1954 (text original), 1982 (text renewed), 2005 (illustrations) Suitable for:  Ages 3-8 Themes/Topics:  Christmas, Nature, Family, Children with Disabilities, Seasons, Winter Opening and brief synopsis: From Booklist: “(The [...]

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If you blink on the Internet, you’ll miss a million blog posts that you wanted to read. Okay, maybe that’s an extreme statistic, but many lonely blog posts go unread and unloved.  Enter the Deja Vu blogfest, brainchild of bloggers Katie Mills, DL Hammons, Lydia Kang and Nicole Ducleroir.  On December 16th participants will re-post [...]

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Today is the final stop on my blog tour to promote my story, A TROOP IS A GROUP OF MONKEYS, which I entered in the MeeGenius Children’s Author Challenge.  I’m honored to be visiting my friend, fellow writer and creative soul, C.B. Wentworth.  This time, the post is more introspective, addressing the importance of “taking [...]

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Special post today.  Gratitude Sunday will be back next week. ETA: IMPORTANT! PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU ARE ENTERING THE CONTEST. Some people may vote just to vote (not to enter), so I want to make sure I count everyone who does.  Thank you! Alright everyone, I may not know a [...]

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