Big Catch On the beach, it’s like a festival/ but in the sea, they will hold funerals/ for the tens of thousands dead. Japanese poet Misuzu Kaneko (1903-1930) I’ve been thinking a lot about Buddhist rituals now that my mom is at the end of life. The Buddhist services that I have attended have…
One of our favorite things to do in Kauai on a family vacation was to go to the local farmer’s markets. There was one every day except Sunday throughout the island. We especially liked trying the exotic fruit. A few were strange — like a sweet potato that you don’t have to cook — but…
I’ve been busy helping my co-author of How to Coach Girls, Alison Foley, start her own business, Foley Athletic Advising. My daughters and I helped her launch her company, on New Year’s Eve this past year. At Foley Athletic Advising, we offer comprehensive on-field training, skill evaluation, and recruiting advising. On the field, we work…
I had the pleasure of meeting Jason Reynolds in person when he was a writer in residence at Lesley University. He was working on his latest book, Look Both Ways, at the time and he shared two short stories that were a Master Class in “show don’t tell.” At that time, he had titled this…
My son’s favorite class in middle school was Ed-Tech, an engineering class. He thought it was fun to invent things to solve problems. That’s what engineering is … designing and building machines and structures including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings. It’s often to solve a practical problem or improve on a machine that already exists….
We are getting ready to take off to Hawaii and I remember foraging for guava while on a golf course. The fruit was ripe and I ate it right off the tree. I wondered if it would taste as good here in Boston where the fruit has to shipped in. I was not disappointed! My…
I’m really excited to be included at the Chappaqua Book Festival on October 5, 2019. It will be held at Bell Middle School, 50 Senter Street, Chappaqua NY 10514. I’ll be in the nonfiction section repping How To Coach Girls, but I’ll also be reading my picture book, Sumo Joe, during one of the read…