Tagged: martinbean

21
Jun
2005

CALLING CALDECOTT! NEWBERY! PULITZER!

Martin Ek, aged 7.5, would like to invite you to an exclusive web premiere of his masterpiece novel. As his mother, I’m eagerly donning my best prodigy agent-slash-manager hat. My kid blows me away! Prepare to be blown away yourself! On the Road, or literally, “Out Traveling”

12
May
2005

PERSEPHONE RETURNS

do do do be do. La la la tra la! You should see the sky outside right now. It’s 9:30 p.m. and the sky is EXACTLY the same color as a robin’s egg. You can see some here at one of my favorite websites if you are not sure EXACTLY what color I mean. The cool thing about evening skies is how they shade down from cobalt to BLUE BLUE BLUE…this deep, rich blue that you could suck on like a popsicle to a rosy-golden-fireorange glow along the black demarcation of the horizon. Sort of like a darker, more glorious,...