The Chinese edition of Whan Zachary Beaver Came to Town!
I Should Have Been Rewriting
but a freeze is expected tonight. Instead I spent the morning in the kitchen garden. Anyone have recipes for green cherry tomatoes?
SKYPE WINNERS
Last month I posted the Skype winners for the contest celebrating the 15th Anniversary of When Zachary Beaver Came to Town on Facebook. In case you didn't see it there, here are the winners:
Wendy Erin Braun, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Alynn Lassiter, Lincoln School, Prescott, AZ
Alicia Quattlebaum Glenn, Hutchison School, Memphis, TN
I've only heard from one of the winners. If you are one of the other two winners, please contact me at kimberlywillisholt@gmail.com so that we may schedule a Skype interview. Macmillan also chose a few alternates, in case, we don't hear back from the winners. Congratulations, again! And thanks to all of you who participated.
U Haul Days
Thirty-two years ago my dad helped me move from Louisiana to Texas. My parents had moved to the Dallas area a few years before. The day my dad hitched the U Haul trailer behind his Buick, he told me, "Life never seemed right with you so far away."
Two weeks ago, my dad joined me on a similar journey. This time we were moving my 27 year- old daughter here for a new job. My husband and I'd waited two years for this moment. From Amarillo, my daughter led the way to her new life. Heading down Highway 287, my focus switched back and forth. Sometimes watching Shannon's white Camry with the peace symbol on its bumper. Other times glancing in the rearview mirror at the U Haul truck my dad drove. Joy filled every cell in my body. Life seemed just right.
Not That You Asked
but I walked 10 miles today!
Educators, Today is the Day
to enter the SKYPE giveaway. I'll be posting “Win a Skype visit with Kimberly Willis Holt for your Classroom or Library Sweepstakes” on my Facebook page at 12:00 pm, eastern time. You'll have until 11:59 am, eastern time, October 10, 2014 to post your school name and city and state below my posting to enter.
For more details on the sweepstakes, check out this posting: http://www.kimberlywillisholt.com/new-blog/2014/9/27/educators-win-a-skype-interview
Educators, Win a Skype Interview
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group and I are giving away three Skype Interviews to classrooms or schools. If you are an educator, you are eligible to win. The simple rules are this:
1. LIKE my Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimberly-Willis-Holt/119479071463391?ref=hl
2. Beginning 12 pm, eastern time, September 30, 2014 post your school name and city and state on the post titled “Win a Skype visit with Kimberly Willis Holt for your Classroom or Library Sweepstakes”. Please only post once (however there's no limit on how many educators from your school who can post).
3. You will have until 11:59 am, October 10, 2014 to post.
The three Grand Prize Winners will be randomly selected.
Now here's the short legal language:
Win a Skype visit with Kimberly Willis Holt for your Classroom or Library Sweepstakes
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase does not improve your chances of winning. Sweepstakes open to legal residents of 50 United States, D.C., and Canada (excluding Quebec), who are age 13 and older as of the date of entry. To enter, “Like”Kimberly Willis Holt Books Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimberly-Willis-Holt/119479071463391?ref=hl and comment with your school name and city and state on the post title “Win a Skype visit with Kimberly Willis Holt for your Classroom or Library Sweepstakes” beginning 12:00 pm Eastern Time (ET) on9/30/14. Sweepstakes ends at 11:59 AM ET on 10/10/14. Void outside the United States and Canada and where prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules at http://page.macmillan.com/kwhskypesweeps. Sponsor: Kimberly Willis Holt & Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010. When you enter this promotion, you are providing your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook. Please review Sponsor’s privacy policy at [http://us.macmillan.com/splash/policy.html]. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
An Autumn List
Cinderella Pumpkins
Apple Cider
Purple Mums
Candy Corn
Buttoned Jackets
5k Charity Runs
Trick or Treaters
Brooding Sky
Bundles of firewood
City Scarecrows
Yard Crows
Naked Rose Branches
Fingerless Gloves
Cinnamon Candles
Georgia O'Keefe
Yes, Georgia O'Keefe!
Autumn Leaves by Georgia O'Keefe
Why I Detest Four O'Clocks
Their tubular roots dig deep and far. Not only have they attempted to overcome the ferns under the post oak, they've claimed the kitchen garden, on the other side of the yard, for their empire. Four o'clocks are like showy secondary characters, trying to take over a story.
A Hint
Remember I told you I had a couple of secrets. Here's a hint for one of them.
