I've often wondered how many great minds, inventors, musicians, and artists we've lost because the individual was born into dire poverty...

Boy are you in for a treat this week. Drum roll, please. The amazing Teresa Robeson is visiting with me today! Teresa was lucky enough to...

It's probably horrible to admit, but I have never read Ramona. She just never appealed to me. But the Mouse and the Motorcycle, and...

Anyone who'sever read the Sunday comics knows the cartoon Peanuts starring the beloved Snoopy, his sidekick Woodstock, and Charlie Brown....

The first improbable Rube Goldberg machine I remember seeing was in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang movie. The "Breakfast Maker" was so...

I get the honor to do a second interview with a wonderful author and my friend, Curtis Manley. On his website, Curtis shared why he...

So many of us try to be environmental. We recycle, carpool, use less water, dabble in growing fresh food, and maybe even compost. Some...

Looking back through my posts for 2018, I discovered interviews with authors who I admired, many who were, or became, my friends. This...

I enjoy learning about new or little known aspects of history. I've known about Ben Franklin, his inventions, and the role he played in...

As a rare treat, I have a dual interview with the author and illustrator of the nonfiction picture book An Inconvenient Alphabet: Ben...