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Hello, Puddle!

Posted by on Feb 13, 2022 in Unmowed Blog | 1 comment

Hello, Puddle!

So there’s this mud puddle. It sits at the bottom of my driveway—a long country driveway that dips in the middle and rises again, and at the lowest point there’s always this puddle. In the driest days of August, it’s just a skim of mud. But in spring the puddle fills with rain, and sometimes threatens to rise over your ankles—it gets deep enough to guard the house like a moat. The Fed Ex folks and mail carriers hate it. People with freshly washed cars hate it. My entire family hates it, and frequently beg me to yield and get the driveway blacktopped already. But I won’t. Because butterflies...

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In Praise of Mud Puddles

Posted by on Jan 28, 2022 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

In Praise of Mud Puddles

What good is a mud puddle? It’s a watering hole and Home Depot for a whole host of tiny wildlife.

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Winter Puddles: A Nice Cold Drink

Posted by on Jan 8, 2022 in Unmowed Blog | 2 comments

Winter Puddles: A Nice Cold Drink

A winter puddle is a gift, a source of desperately-needed water, for squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, songbirds, and so many other animals, trying like us to make it through till spring comes.

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The Imagination of Sam

Posted by on Dec 19, 2021 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

The Imagination of Sam

A poem about dreaming big.

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Litlinks: Ways to Use Nonfiction in the Classroom

Posted by on Dec 9, 2021 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Litlinks: Ways to Use Nonfiction in the Classroom

Check out Litlinks, a wonderful blog by Patricia Newman. It’s a wealth of ideas for ways teachers can use nonfiction in the classroom. Lots of great STEM tie-ins.

I have a guest post about my nonfiction picture book, Hello, Puddle!

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Mysterious Mushrooms

Posted by on Oct 29, 2021 in Unmowed Blog | 0 comments

Mysterious Mushrooms

Mushrooms are just one type of the strange organisms called fungi. It looks like a plant, but it eats like an animal. Just as animals do, fungus has to feed on other things—living or dead.

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