Earlier this week I got an email from “stage management” of Court Theatre in Chicago. The Hyde Park company is staging the play Wait Until Dark — they were wondering if I’d be willing to come by at rehearsal to, well, you know, show them the ropes. Chicago’s Metromix describes the play like this: A […]
It’s Hanni’s ninth birthday today, and she just received a terrific gift: a message from an iPhone telling us our book won another award! This one comes from the Dog Writers Association of America — Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound won the 2008 DWAA Maxwell Award for Best Picture Book. The iPhone message came […]
A friend emailed me after last summer’s Democratic National Convention to let me know how much I look like (what was then) the future First Lady. The blog post I wrote about that — titled Do I Look Like Michelle Obama? — garnered many, many replies. Most comments said no. Some weren’t sure what to […]
Mike, Hanni and I just got back from a wonderful warm weekend in New Orleans. Dog Fancy Magazine asked me to write a story for their Canine Traveler section, and if all goes well my piece about New Orleans will appear in the upcoming March edition. The Canine Traveler section is based loosely on those […]
Ever since I heard last Sunday’s New York Times article, For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can’t (I listened to it online via my supercool talking computer, of course) I’ve been telling friends it’s one of the best articles I’ve ever read about technology for the blind. Only now do I realize […]