I am often—well, sometimes—asked if there is really a bicycle grown into a tree on Vashon Island. Yup, there is, and here is my photo to prove it. My shoes got muddy but it was worth it. There is a bogus story around about a boy leaving his bike in the woods and going off to fight and die in World

I just spent the morning with the prickly, feisty, outspoken, altogether splendid Georgie Burkhardt of Amy Timberlake’s terrific new novel, One Came Home. The book is an adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. I didn’t get out of bed until I had finished the delicious last page: I say let all the earth be alive and

Here’s my daughter with her favorite co-worker, Winston.  Leah really wants her own dog but can’t get one because, Murphy, her 19-year-old, 5-pound cat, would terrorize it. I thought I’d share this photo because Leah has a picture taken about every ten years so it will be a looong time before you see another one.

2013 has already brought me a nice surprise: the ARC of Hattie Ever After, the sequel to Kirby Larson’s beloved Hattie Big Sky. I dropped everything and read it in two days. I love that Hattie is in San Francisco, that she has two suitors, that she flies high above the city in a plane. There are twists and surprises,