Category Archives: events

Beautiful Blogger Award.

  Thanks to Sandra McLeod Humphrey for nominating me for the Beautiful Blogger award. Sandra writes an inspirational blog each week filled with stories of courage and endurance. She knows first-hand what it means to be courageous because she’s a cancer survivor. I hope you’ll check her blog out soon. You’ll be glad you … Continue reading

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New Stories from Old

    As I travel to different schools, I explain to children that ideas for my stories have been based on real events in my life. Being a teacher for thirty years, it wasn’t unusual for me to hear children talking about being … Continue reading

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A Fun Day at the Daniel Boone Family Festival

It was a fun day for everyone at the Daniel Boone Family Festival with vendors, music, historical tours and activities. The Daniel Boone festival is held the first Saturday in May in Mocksville, NC. Mocksville is in Davie County and home to many historical sites, such … Continue reading

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Reading at China Grove Elementary School

The media specialist at China Grove Elementary School, Ms Litke, invited me to speak to  the kindergarten through fifth grade students on April 25th for National Poetry Month. The presentations took place in the media center where I shared with the … Continue reading

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Miss Molly is a Celebrity Now

It’s amazing how just a simple visit to a friend’s house can turn into something more. I was working on a story about a friend of mine who is a music teacher and all of a sudden her dog decides … Continue reading

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Family Night and Career Day

I enjoyed meeting not only students, but parents as well at two recent events. Those two events were Family Night at Cleveland Elementary School and Career Day at Woodleaf Elementary School.  What made these events special for me is that I … Continue reading

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Workshop on Social Media

If writing is your passion and you long to sit poised in front of a picture window with pen and paper planning to write the next best seller, that’s not going to happen unless you have a plan in place to market your product.  Social media must … Continue reading

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Reading at Bostian Elementary School

I was asked by the AIG teacher at Bostian Elementary School to be the speaker for the Author Extravaganza on December 19. It was an exciting day and the energy level was high, not only for me, but the student … Continue reading

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Reading, Writing, and Workshops

       I broke my shoulder November 4th and I must say there has been quite a lot of pain from that break. However,  from this experience I’ve learned a lot about myself and just how strong I really am.  I’ve learned that I can endure and work … Continue reading

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October’s More than Just Halloween

October has been a busy month with fall festivals, reunions, and reading to children at local schools. The month started with a book signing for my newest book, Tired of School, at Literary Bookpost in Salisbury and ended with rekindling old friendships at the North Rowan High School … Continue reading

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