In January, I had strong intentions for the quarter, but I anticipated very little of what happened and my plans went awry. My life and my writing feel like a jumble of puzzle pieces that don’t fit where they used to fit. It’s the end of the first quarter of 2021 and it’s time to… Continue reading I’m Stronger than I Thought
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The Amazing Story of the First Lady of Physics
Five months after China became a republic, a girl named Chien-Shiung Wu was born. This is the amazing story of the First Lady of Physics.
Story Time Reviews “Kin”
Story Time Reviews remembers that special time when an adult reads to a child and recognizes that as a grown-up, we need to reward ourselves with a story time now and then. I’m reviving this blog series that offers reviews of stories read aloud. Today Story Time Reviews “Kin” by Bruce McAllister read on “LeVar… Continue reading Story Time Reviews “Kin”
The Amazing First Native American Woman Doctor
It was an age where women couldn’t vote, non-whites rarely went to school, and the American government said Native Americans weren’t citizens. The odds were against Susan LaFlesche Picotte. Some of her own people rejected her learning and caregiving. But she persisted. She earned a degree in medicine and worked tirelessly to improve her tribe’s… Continue reading The Amazing First Native American Woman Doctor
Discover Hope in Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels
Reading can be escape and inspiration. Sometimes reading is difficult. Other times it’s easy. Reading can open our eyes and minds and hearts to different ways to think, a new world, or to life, love, and maybe death. One of the greatest things reading can give us is hope. Hope grew scarce during 2020. Now,… Continue reading Discover Hope in Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels