Jugglers and magicians don’t get along, a juggler recently told me. He explained it something like this: There’s nothing secret about the way jugglers use their skill, keeping
Category: Friendship
Following Gracefully
Fall, 1963. Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Classroom of Mrs. Vivian Sandstrom, quite possibly the nicest second-grade teacher there ever was. Mrs. Sandstorm was putting together a bit of a skit for the advanced reading group. One member of said group kept offering “helpful” suggestions and comments. Finally, Mrs. Sandstrom returned to… Continue reading Following Gracefully
Leaving Mr. Wonderful Behind
I brought Mr. Wonderful back to my room on Thursday night. Then I discarded him on Saturday morning. I got Mr. Wonderful at the annual St. Davids Christian Writers’ Conference auction that benefits the conference scholarship fund. He’s a real doll, and says all kinds of things people think women
Of Puff the Blue Kitten and Reliving the Past
It was actually my sister’s book, not mine, and I didn’t have much use for it as a child. Puff the Blue Kitten was one of the Little Golden Book series that got its start in 1942. Puff