Dear Ones,


Well....Spring is here so suddenly that it is almost hard to imagine.
It seems like it was only a week or two ago that we were knee deep in snow here at Meteor Ridge!

We've had two huge thunderstorms and now the grass is greener than green! The trees are budding leaves, daffodils have poked through and flowers are blooming! Easter and Passover went by without my planned easter egg hunt in my yard for the children of the village...but I got a flu this winter that "flattened" me so that it was impossible to do near anything. We have many activites planned for the Spring and Summer here at Meteor Ridge....

Steward Washington( Chicken Sunday) is planning to come here to Union City to do a drama residency for our Gaw Center for the Arts. We are hoping to put on some small plays and have some puppet shows for the children. We are also planning a concert of piano concertos as well as an Art Show....much to do.

I will be leaving for my Spring Tours soon, I'll be going to Connecticut, Massachusets, Baltimore, Illlinois , Ohio and Mlichigan, and won't be completely through with school programs until June 6th!

Thursday, June 17th, I will be hosting an Artists House and Studio Tour for participants coming with the Mazza Institute in Ohio. This is a delightful tour that is organized by the Mazza Center at the University of Findlay. Participants load up in a bus and take tours of various Children's book authors homes and studios here in the Midwest and Canada.

The artists that will be visited are:

Will Clay

Denise Fleming

Patricia Polacco

David Small and Sarah Stewart

Maryann Kovalski

Paul Morin

Janet Wilson

Joe Badali

Then back to Findlay Ohio!

I"m so honored to be part of this tour!

 

I will also be having a house and studio tour that is open tothe public on July 17th , 1999 - Saturday.

This is sponsored by the Union City Historical Society and proceeds will benefit this society's efforts to maintain and protect homes and buildings of historical significance, in this area. If you are interested in attending this event, be sure and E-mail. My home will be on this tour as well as many other wonderful fintage homes in the area.

New book out this spring is: Luba and The Wren - Philomel

Hope I see some of you at the house tour on July 17th!


I am lookiing forward to the summer ahead! Much, much love...