Independence Rock….

On my way to South Dakota in 2012, we drove across nearly the entire state of Wyoming. Along the way, we noticed on the map the names of some famous landmarks from US history. One was Independence Rock. Not only did we drive right past it (twice: once on the way there and the other [...]

Mountain of Presidents….

In May 2012, I crossed another item off my “bucket list.” Well, make that two items, actually, because I got to visit  both South Dakota’s Black Hills AND Mount Rushmore all in one fell swoop. South Dakota was an amazingly beautiful place–much prettier than I expected. The Black Hills region–with its dense forests and winding [...]

Dreaming of London….

Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit London for the very first time. All this coverage of the Olympics has brought back a lot of great memories of this trip across the pond. I went with my brother and sister to visit our youngest brother who was doing a study-abroad in London. We spent [...]

A fun find….

Today, I was searching around online and ran across a review of my book, The Declaration of Independence in Translation which was published by Capstone Press in 2009. This review was written just 3 days ago from when I’m writing this post! Check out the full review at the following link: Mrs Palmer’s Readers: The [...]

Billabong Pipe Masters Day 2

On December 9, 2011, I went to the second day of the Billabong Pipe Masters. It was SO amazing! The waves were 15-20 feet high and the surfers rode them with absolute ease and made it look like it was the simplest thing in the world to do. When I lived in Hawaii I didn’t [...]

Pearl Harbor 70th

On December 7, 2011, I was extremely fortunate to be able to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor as a freelance journalist and photographer. To be honest, the word fortunate is really an understatement of how lucky I feel for being able to be in attendance that day. [...]

Hawaiian Santa Hula

When I was leaving Hawaii on December 13, 2011, this group was singing and performing various Christmas hulas at the Honolulu Airport. Quite the send off. This trip was the first time I had tried using the video camera on my phone. And I just figured out how to add videos to Youtube. Fun

A Chosen Book….

Recently while doing a search on Amazon.com, I found that several of my titles have been included in two reference books aimed at getting kids to read! The first one, Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading, was authored by Kathleen A. Baxter & Marcia Agness Kochel in October 2010. Three [...]

Cows love jazz?

This is a super fun video! Check it out Also, here’s a link to the official webpage of these musicians: http://www.newhot5.com/

It’s been awhile…

Time flies. Yes, it has officially been 16 months since my last post. That’s a little pathetic, I know. I promise to do better. But, if it’s any consolation, I have been writing. During the last 16 months, I’ve written numerous magazine pieces, a bevy of educational materials, and also (if I’ve counted correctly) 12 [...]

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