January 2025 ✨ Ah, the new year—time for fresh starts, big dreams, and shiny new goals! Every January, I find myself bursting with ideas about how I want to live not just this year, but the rest of my life. It's a mix of excitement and hope that feels like the perfect moment to turn… Continue reading Fresh Starts New Beginnings
Category: Where the Loons Call
Stories from a writer’s heart … about Little Bear Lake, books, family, reading, gardening, and the moments that bring us home.
Stirring and Mixing to get the Stories Just Right
Poffertjes from my kitchen in the Netherlands. Stirring and Mixing to get the Stories Just Right Writing a story for little ones is kind of like making blueberry pancakes. If you take a pinch of this and a dash of that and stir it all together. Gently fold in love and a hug.... Perfection. As pure… Continue reading Stirring and Mixing to get the Stories Just Right
Oudewater Weigh House ~ Something Wicked This Way Comes
With Halloween almost upon us and magic in the air, My friend Ruxi and I visited a weigh house in the Netherlands and thought I would share. We traveled to Oudewater on a bright sunny day, But what lay before us, neither could say. Canals, leaning trees, we followed the winding path Driving back through… Continue reading Oudewater Weigh House ~ Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ready or Not… Here I Come Kindergarten Readiness Part 2
Ready or Not... Here I Come Kindergarten Readiness Part 2 Your turn little ones: I know your mommy and daddy are probably reading this but that’s ok... it’s for them as well. Here’s a little list of things I would like you to work on over the summer before kindergarten. You don’t need to work… Continue reading Ready or Not… Here I Come Kindergarten Readiness Part 2
Ready or Not… Here I come! Kindergarten Readiness Part 1
Kindergarten~ The foundation of a child's education.
Preschool Readiness
When is my child ready for Preschool? As a mother, teacher and now writer, I thought I’d share some personal advice for new mommies and daddies entering the world of school. It’s a big world out there and at times it may seem a tad overwhelming especially with the helicopter moms or coach dads out… Continue reading Preschool Readiness
A Child’s Garden
Before I became an author, I was lucky enough to teach kindergarten to children when kindergarten was truly kindergarten. The word kindergarten means… a child’s garden. Kindergarten is supposed to be a place where children learn by playing, singing, experimenting with art, textiles, sewing, tools, sand, rocks, water and above all, literature. Today’s kindergarten in… Continue reading A Child’s Garden
Voyage Michigan
Hi Friends, I wanted to let everyone know that I was chosen to be featured in the Michigan magazine, Voyage Michigan. I am so grateful to Voyage Michigan and especially Jessica Ramirez for choosing me to be featured. If you would like to read the article, here is the link. Thank you and have a… Continue reading Voyage Michigan
Thanks! It Has Pockets!
I have a newfound obsession with pockets. When I go out into the woods to walk in Michigan, I always make sure I wear a sweatshirt with pockets, or I take along a bag with pockets. I love picking up rocks, pinecones, colored leaves or fallen flowers. I also carry my phone…. Not to talk… Continue reading Thanks! It Has Pockets!
Blathering’s
Blathering’s November is here So, that’s what I hear. Thus, writers round the world Pencils, pens, their fingers are curled. Writing like mad men writing 50,000 words or more pulling and piecing their words to score. Blathering’s of such Creating a novel is much More than just words on the paper More like a playful… Continue reading Blathering’s
