October 19, 2009. Last week I went on assignment to New Orleans, Louisiana. I flew down on Tuesday and returned to Oregon Wednesday night. I was hugely pregnant. So much so that a friendly airport employee asked me when the baby was due and if I should be traveling. “Yesterday!” I joked, walking quickly by. His eyes went wide. We…
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The Evening with NYT Bestselling Author Hope Edelman
The day of our author evening with Hope Edelman, her book, The Possibility of Everything, received a glowing review in USA Today (amid a round-up of books that the journalist basically trashed). Our living room is sort of strange and we arranged the chairs in two horseshoes. The house was packed with a lively audience of Ashlanders. Ashland, as Hope…
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New Family Travel Articles
I have two new family travel articles up on family.com. ETA: family.com is now family.disney.com and these articles are no longer available on-line. My first family travel article was “Travel Tips for Pregnant Women.” The timing was pretty funny: I had just gotten an assignment for an article for More magazine that was taking me to New Orleans Tuesday, coming back…
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Best American Science Writing 2009
My contributor copies came in the mail yesterday for Best American Science Writing 2009. My article about West Africa’s last herd of wild giraffes, Looking Up, which was on the cover of Smithsonian magazine in November, is included in the volume. I haven’t read The Best American Science Writing 2009 yet, but it looks intriguing. I’m in good company, with other…
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Hope Edelman Coming to Ashland
I’m very pleased to announce that on Thursday, October 8th, 2009 My husband and I will be hosting an evening with bestselling writer Hope Edelman, who will be stopping in Ashland as part of a book tour for her new book that was just released … yesterday. The event (at our house) is free and open to the public, but…
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Jacksonville Book Signing a Community Event
Jacksonville book signing. Most people who come to the Jacksonville, Oregon city-wide sale (it’s amazing how much stuff there is to buy that day!) are looking for bargains. They’re not there to shop for brand new (albeit discounted) books. But Janis Hunt Johnson, author of Five Smooth Stones, and I enjoyed spending the day in Jacksonville on Saturday. My friend, Shu-Huei…
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