Curious George deepened: a reading (ahem, ahem cough cough) by Werner Herzog

“In the city George puts on airs trying to live like a man but is rendered a buffoon.” -Werner Herzog (ish) I have a lot Curious George in my life these days. In fact, I have at least a dozen of his story plots memorized for the nightly story hour and can hear the animated version playing […]

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Something I learned about writing today: Don’t worry about monkey tails

  Why doesn’t George have a tail? Did he lose in a traumatic jungle event involving zebras and those plastic soda can things? Or did Hans just run out of ink? As I reader, I often stop and  wonder about plot twists and character traits, and yes, what it or isn’t on the end of […]

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Things that inspire me to write #21: The Giving Tree

It’s sweet, simple, a pretty accurate portrayal of what it means to be a parent and according to the inscription scrawled across my mom’s copy, The Giving Tree is the first book I ever read. Evidently Shel Silverstein‘s most well known publication set me off in the right direction, because not only do I still love to consume […]

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