April and I turn another year chronologically on the l3th -- Friday the l3th. Thank goodness I am not superstitious. I say 'chronologically' because there are two very nasty words I cannot utter -- 'old(er)' and 'retire(ed)'. April l9th, I deliver a talk at Edison State...
MARCH brings bugs -- NASTY BUGS - the official publication is March l5 (Dial Books). Reviews have been wonderfully nasty including the lastest PUBLISHERS WEEKLY which ends: "A squirm-inducing tribute to our blood-sucking, garbage-eating insect friends." All the poems in the collection were especially commissioned. The...
In the late l970's, Theodor S. Geisel, (Dr. Seuss, of course,) and I had a long series of correspondence from his home in La Jolla, California. On galleys to a book wherein I had interviewed him, an error about his birthday was made, later corrected. Ted...
Although I always look forward to a New Year -- a new beginning -- I find after too much December jingling-all-the-way, January can be a dull month. Warm "winter" weather here in Florida - an average of 80-degrees each day -- causes one to constantly think...
January seems listless after so much jingling, twinkling, ho-ho-ho-ing, et. al. Yet it is a welcome month to clean up the old and start on new pathways. I'm off to a good start with the publication of NASTY BUGS, illustrated by the whimsical, Will Terry (Dial)....
