I’ve been an adult for a long, long time now. Tiny time is a distant memory for me. But it IS a memory. I haven’t forgotten how important little things are…when you’re little. In fact, when you’re little, little things … Read the rest
Category Archives: Rhymes
Kids Eat Free
If you’re a parent or family on a budget, you probably like seeing that familiar sign: Kids Eat Free I don’t remember a lot of that when I was a kid, but then again, I wasn’t looking for those signs. … Read the rest
Weekends tend to get all the positive attention while week days tend to be looked upon as something you have to get through. So, if week days could walk and talk, maybe they’d end up whining about their lives and … Read the rest
National Hamburger Day
I just read an article that Smashburger was giving away free burgers today to anyone whose last name is Burger…or even a variation of that…in honor of National Hamburger Day. Would you believe I almost qualify? My last name is … Read the rest
Soldiers angels…it’s ironic how often they’re brought together in our thoughts and writings. Here I am doing it today. This Memorial Day 2013 has me thinking of how our world is another year closer to the end of this age. … Read the rest
Four Lines Of Poetry
Can four lines of poetry change lives? Or bring about world peace? Or end hunger? Or clear up all the confusion in the world? I seriously doubt it. But I do know this…if everyone in the world would stop for … Read the rest
Saturday Evening Post
I’ll bet you didn’t know about a famous magazine called the Saturday Evening Post. Or if you did, I’ll bet you didn’t know it’s been around for about 300 years. Yikes…that’s even farther back than I can remember. For some … Read the rest
Ice Cream Magic
Way, way back in the 20th century when I was but a wee lad in the old country…uh…I mean a young dude in the south…one of my favorite things in the summer was watching the ice cream magic happen. Maybe … Read the rest
Get your smile on. What are you so worried about? Is this day so much different than all the others you’ve survived? You’re a beautifully designed creature with a very special set of gifts. You can taste and smell and … Read the rest
Twenty two words can’t say much. But twenty two words can also say more than enough. Their meaning really depends on which words, who’s saying them, and how they’re spoken. I’ve been around people who could use one foul word … Read the rest
You know what I say? I say, if you’re gonna daydream, daydream in blue. There’s more room for daydreamers in the color of blue because there’s more blue around the planet than any other color. I mean…have you ever seen … Read the rest
Being Silly
Being silly when I’m writing for kids is a big part of what makes it fun for me…and them. If I create a talking toad or a laughing lizard, kids are just fine with that. So, knowing that kids don’t … Read the rest
Sunday is a sunny day Right from the very start… As long as sunny sunshine shines In every sunny heart. And… If you love this sunny day, Then make the best of it. The next day will be sunny too. … Read the rest
Hey kiddos…have you ever heard someone say “you got a lotta nerve?” Usually they don’t mean that in a good way. It’s usually someone thinking you shouldn’t have said or done what you just said or did. Like maybe you … Read the rest
Do I sit around conjuring up rhymes and riddles and razzamatazz? Maybe…maybe not. Truth be told, I’m not always sitting when ideas for my writing for kids pop into my head. In fact, I was in my back yard watering … Read the rest
Writing For Kids At The Day By Day Cafe
There’s a very special eatin’ establishment…I’ll call it the Day By Day Cafe…where a kid can order his own breakfast, sit in a comfortable chair, and feel just right. Does this cafe really exist? Is it just a figment of … Read the rest
It’s true…you never can tell who you might run into as you’re going about your day and your errands and your routine. But since so much of what we do can, in fact, become a routine, we humans have a … Read the rest
Today I have a morning story for kids about a morning story for kids. Yep, sometimes when I’m writing for kids, I like to take them to places inside of other places. Something inside something else becomes a third thing. … Read the rest
Right This Minute
Right this minute ask yourself this question… “Am I doing what I’m doing right now because it makes me happy…or am I doing what I’m doing because I’d like to help someone else be happy.” Either one is OK, but it’s … Read the rest
Mother's Day 2013
Happy Mother’s Day 2013 to all of you ladies who “took one for the team” as you… withstood the months of pregnancy withstood the pains of childbirth fed your babies when they cried at 3 a.m. fixed “boo boos” kissed … Read the rest