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Me and Mimi

 
"O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness."

William Cowper (1731-1800)



SO, as I write, it is Winter and has been for some time now. That has got to be one of my resolutions: Quit Procrastinating! And I absolutely will, like maybe tomorrow. I've been burrowed in, doing drawings for a new coloring book. It'll have scenes of Arrow Rock, a lively little Missouri River town back in the first half of the 19th Century. www.arrowrock.org

Spring will be VERY lively, school-visit-wise. If YOU would like to have an exceedingly amusing author/illustrator of 40 books or so to come entertain and educate YOUR students or YOUR group, email me! cheryl@cherylharness.com  or write to me at P.O. Box 4165 Independence MO 64051. Serious fun, that's what.



(1.) Click over to my BLOG, please, and you'll see that, among other things, I've been serializing my 2006 novel and darling of my heart, JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW, set in MO/1963~1964). If you're too impatient for a new chapter every Monday, you can go to www.amazon.com and get it for your Kindle or you can check out BOOKS page or send me a note and I'll hook you up with a crisp paperback of it. It's really funny, sad, and good. I promise.

You'll find my LAURA INGALLS WILDER COLORING BOOK, too. It's doing very well, thanks be to those who've purchased copies here and at the LIW sites across the land. Truly, more than a coloring book, my LIW CB is a 32-page collection of elaborate drawings, an Ingalls family CHRONOLOGY, as well as a fine introduction by Laura scholar and book buddy, Bill Anderson. Find out more about him at www.williamandersonbooks.com


(2.) Do you happen to know about the delightful BETSY-TACY series of books by Maud Hart Lovelace? Set in small-town, early 20th century Minnesota? With great, autonomous girl-characters? [Not just a bunch of sweetie-nostalgia sappy hoohah, no foolin'] Do check out either www.betsy-tacysociety.org or www.maudhartlovelacesociety.com


(3.) To learn about a bunch of us nonfiction authors, do please visit www.inkthinktank.com


(4.) For birthdays, deathdays, anniversaries: www.brainyhistory.com www.historyorb.com


(5.) NEW Pictures to Color! Any day now! Do be clicking over to my Coloring Pages.



Happy Winter!