I've always been a bookworm. As I mentioned, I moved around a lot, and one of the problems with being the new kid is it takes a while to make new fri….

If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems..

There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves..

Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?.

I gotta pound the keys for the ideas to flow..

My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like g….

There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies..

Life was like a batch of biscuits without the baking powder: flat, flat, flat..

Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high..

[Rejection] made me quit writing once. For six months. I started up again when my then seven-year-old son asked me to start writing again because I w….

The year has held its ups and downs for me; I'm sure it has for you, too. I'm counting on the year ending on a note of joy (and gingerbread!) and loo….

The wren and the nightingale sound nothing alike, but think how dull the world would be without the songs of both birds.-Miss Kanagawa.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?.

I think if you find your passion and you go with it you are rewarded..

I love visiting new places but am not overly fond of the travel to get to them..

Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don't have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so ….

The truth can both lift up and knock down..

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong..

Why couldn't I be more like other girls my age? Take Mrs. Brown's niece. She spent every waking hour sizing up this beau or that, stitching tea towel….

Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!.

Well, before writing became all-consuming, I was a quilter, like Hattie and Perilee. I don’t do that anymore, but I do knit, garden and watch the bir….