I spent a lot of years searching for my personal Civil Rights hero. History classes taught me the big names: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa P...

If you feel a little tingly while reading this post and the ones it links to, I'm told that's a common side effect of time travel. W...

When I was a teen, I had three good friends.  We were all homeschooled and belonged to the same 4-H club, which is how we met.  Like most gi...

First of all, I'm participating in the Clean Fairytale Summer event again this year!  During all of June and July, the  Clean Fairytales...

I was ten or eleven years old the first time I saw The Princess Bride .  We were spending our summer vacation in Iowa, visiting our relative...

I can barely believe I get to say this:  my book A Noble Companion  is a finalist for this year's Realm Awards!!!   ::cue all the squees...

Sour Patch Kids.  Cherry Coke.  Microsoft Windows.  Pictionary.  Chex Mix.  The year 1985 was a whiz-bang year for launching new products......