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  • Recent Publications
  • Books for Adults
  • Stand-Alone Books for Children
  • Kayla Montgomery Series
Recent Publications
Books for Adults
Stand-Alone Books for Children
Kayla Montgomery Series
Our School Year Wish
At Walmart, I see a girl, age 9 or 10, accompanied by her mother, filling a cart with school supplies. I’m immediately transported back to the fourth-grade classroom. “Mrs. Laundrie,” a nine-year-old boy says, rubbing his forehead, “I’ve been working so hard on this measurement problem, my brain hurts.” I smile. “Everyone’s been working hard, […]
Time to Play!
photo credit: Tara Draper “What would bring you joy today?” That question is one that life coach and yoga instructor, Kristen (Omkari) Kloostra, would have us ask ourselves daily. “Are we reconnecting with our inner child and allowing ourselves to “play?”  My mind flashed back to my own childhood. I fondly remember excitedly coming home […]
Life Lessons Learned From a Quaking Bog
It would have been easy to stay curled up in the recliner, but I’d signed my husband and me up for a Wisconsin Natural Resources class “Beautiful Bogs: Bog Ecology & Tour,” and it was time to grab our tall rubber boots. We gathered at Eagle River’s environmental center, Trees for Tomorrow. Once we met […]
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