Summertime...and the Livin' is Easy...NOT!
School is officially out for summer, and it's time to get crackin' on my writing. I put my novel aside for the school year to focus on creative projects for my students. The results were pretty spectacular, if I do say so myself. My students and I collaborated on creating a program honoring veterans and educating the audience on the challenges they faced throughout the years. We made the Marines cry with, "Sticks That Made Thunder," a bluegrass tune by The Steeldrivers. (Done with permission, of course.) The National Guard presented us with a Patriot Award for our efforts. My writing partner, Cathy, my husband, and I created and produced a kid's musical on rangeland ecology called, "Hairy on the Prairie: The Search for Montana's Bigfoot." The last program of the year was written almost entirely by the fourth grade kids. The fourth grade recorder program used to be so boring, so we decided a few years ago to modify a musical and write re...