A Person Isn't A Bird. You Can't

Then I Thought, Boy, Isn't That Just Typical? You Wait And Wait And Wait For Something, And Then When It Happens, You Feel Sad.

I Enjoy Receiving And Giving Realistic Fiction, For Both Children And Adults, With Strong Characters, Beautiful Language, And Humane Visions.

I Wish That Every Baby Everywhere Could Land In A Family That Wanted That Baby As Much As We Want Ours.

I Once Fell 20 Feet From A Tree, Was Knocked Unconscious, And When I Picked Myself Up And Straggled Home, My Parents Thought I Was Making It Up. However, When My Brother And I Fabricated A Story About An Encounter With A Bear, They Believed That! So Maybe I Learned Very Early On That Fiction Was More Interesting To Listeners!

The Sea, The Sea, The Sea. It Rolled And Rolled And Called To Me. Come In, It Said, Come In.