I receive The Daily Heller Newsletter email daily. It is free. Here is today's issue:

http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/political-writing-bad-writing/

My son's first article for Time for Kids. An interview with the oh so incredible Melissa Sweet.

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/write-stuff/468671

It's a Melissa Sweet week.

Here's the most recent issue of Kite Tales, our Central Coastal SCBWI newsletter.

https://scbwikitetales.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/central-coast-regional-news-third-quarter/

Here's my SCBWI CenCal Traveling Sketchbook page, now added to my website.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/26583229/The-Beginning

SCBWI CenCal is sponsoring "Another Traveling Sketchbook".  Mine is the first entry.  This book will float around to sketchers up and down the coast of California all summer.

Wow, I didn't realize just how much I've ignored this blog!  I finished up Marla Frazee's class at Art Center.  Here's my Christmas card in progress, following Marla's technique of soaking one ply paper, stapling it to a board to dry overnight, and then painting.  I did a pencil rendering of my house, and followed with some simple watercolor.