I’ll be hanging with the face painters, painting smiles for smiles and maybe a few laughs too. And trying to remember: Don’t Lick the Brushes (!)
If you can walk, please walk. If you picnic – picnic at Seward Park. I’ll be donating a signed copy of, “Don’t Lick the Dog” for one of the prizes. Lots of great prizes, wonderful people and amazing kids.
Proceeds go to support the Advocacy Awareness Summer Camp Scholarship Fund. Spread your wings and spread the words, hummingbirds.
Northwest Cellars Dog Days of Summer. Didn’t I just say that?
Wine Tasting and Dogs Welcome! Treats, door prizes. Nice outdoor hang out place. Every in Sunday July & August. I’ll be there signing Don’t Sip the Dog and licking wine. Or something like that…
SUNDAY Sundays!! July 25th and August 22 from 1-5pm
Every Sunday a portion of sales will benefit a doggy-related cause.
Wait Wait, one more!!! On August 1, 12-5pm Author and photographer Catharine Handfelt will be there to sign her beautiful new book 100 Hounds of Kirkland. Door prizes, treats for your doggies, and drawings for great prizes like a case of Rescue Red wine, a photo shoot for your dog, and more, when you purchase the book or some Rescue Red wine. Net proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the Seattle Humane Society, and 20% of the sales of the Rescue Red wine are donated as well. Bring your dog and enjoy!
“100 Hounds of Kirkland” by Catharine Handfelt, Little Monarch Studios
Torn. But not really. The SCBWI conference yesterday was both exhilarating, inspirational and depressing.
Part of me wants to stay right here and sift and pour out the new ideas that bubbled up yesterday, and ponder things people said. Other part wants to jump back in and never leave. Depressing – so much talent all around, with a market whose walls are closing in.
A bunch of Alice’s in a room, having drunk from the bottle, our heads smashed to the ceilings, straining our necks. There must be a little cake around there somewhere.
I’ll eat some oatmeal and go find that cake.
Rooooaring good time to come with Nancy Pearl (be still my heart. I am such a FAN!) and Richard Russo and a whole noisy library full of writers and people who love to read. And read and read.
http://www.kcls.org/literarylions/
I especially like Michael’s growl: http://www.vimeo.com/8703321
Cross your arms and turn your back when Jake jumps up and barks like that
Before you give a treat to Kate, make your hand into a plate.
Dogs aren't toys to hug and squeeze, or poke or chase or tug or tease. Just like you and just like me; dogs have personalities.
If they could talk these dogs would say, we wish all kids behaved this way.
I feel like I haven’t been here for a long long time.
Let’s see. Over a month ago I fell over a jump in LaRoo’s agility class and bruised a rib. Her agility class — not mine. Then I went to California for 9 days. While there I got the flu. I flew home, laced with cold meds and afrin spray to try to recover before a trip to NY. Rush job for VIV magazine I could not say ‘no’ to over the weekend. Rush rush to get ready for NY. Went to NY, still kind of sick, did NY (next blog), now back. The Inside Story is tonight, then, finally, I can rejoice in nothing, going nowhere, just being home. And I’m over the flu and back to spin. Yea!
In California I had a wonderful visit to Linden Tree Bookstore in Los Altos. John Muir first and second graders came to play, and we had a good time drawing pictures, working the puppets and most of all admiring Sterling. Sterling, Oh Sterling, I love you! He lives with my friend Lynn Benson-Colbert, a dog trainer with M.S. TrueHeart Dog Training in northern CA. Here he is coated with kids.
Read more about Sterling’s career here. Scroll down til you find him in his uniform.
Another highlight of my California trip was meeting Erica Silverman at the San Luis Book Fair Oct. 4th. It was a super cold day, and my flu bug was gnarling around in my throat – and I was still pretending it was allergy. Erica and I hit it off like long lost sisters, and we hope to do a book or 2 together. She is such a talented writer, and writes about things near and dear to my heart. Like horses. Cowboy Kate and Cocoa, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book, illustrated by the talented Caldecott Honor recipient, Betsy Lewin is the first in a series of fun early reader books.
ps No one I know of got the flu from me. And if you did, I am really really sorry.
By Shriya, John Muir elementary
By Alyssa, John Muir elementary
By Catherine, John Muir elementary
First, thank you for all the comments about which to frame. I didn’t think anyone read this except my mom.
I’m going with door number one. The first green spread. And I guess I’ll donate it to the auction after. And right back atchoo, Matthew. Thank you and congratulations. You are so gracious to mention the other Macmillan winners on your blog. I didn’t go farther than reading the letter from the creative director, printing it out. Rereading. Showing it to Joe to make sure there wasn’t a mistake – like, this is to the Other Wendy – then posting to Facebook and of course, Mom.
I’ve been invited to hang a piece from Don’t Lick the Dog in this years children’s book show in New York. This is zippy fun news for me since I assumed I would not. I’m not a complete pessimist, just get my share of uh-uhs. In dog training they call them No Reward Markers.
I often comfort myself with Eudora Welty’s motto (paraphrased): ”work without hope or despair.” It’s said she had that taped to her typewriter.
Now to choose which spread to frame and send. Chaos or simple?
I’ll be with A Novel Experience table, along with other authors, Oct. 4th for the Central Coast Book and Author Festival. A Novel Experience is an independent bookstore and SLO landmark, and everyone I’ve spoken to loves this store and the people in it.
My dad and stepmother live in SLO. This photo is from a few years back of me and my dad, about to hike up Bishop’s Peak with the rest of our pack. Notice our simultaneous gesture. Perhaps an inherited nerd reaction to posing near signage.
A mysterious package arrived yesterday. I opened it carefully. Taped and folded.
Caught – my breath … unfold, unfold to find more and more unfolding.
Reveal – Tiny perfect paper poodle purse! And another envelope. A ribbon, untie, open one fold at a time. A story. A story of a story. Lounging now full length, a tiny narrative of Don’t Lick the Dog launch, memories made and saved for me by Christina Okeson, my writer/editor late-shift friend from the P-I.
Glittering gems, white lace and fluff, beads, rouge colored ribbon, cutouts of polka dot pink poodles, a tiny metal curlique heart. One heart. The words, Enchanted, Delight, Celebrate. Christina: Thank you. I know who that is in the last photo. Sweet smile, sprawled on dog pillows with his baby sister and auntie. Generous heart, Christina!
Christina Unemployed: Christina’s blog
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