Of Course I Wrote a Dan Book

When the Safer at Home orders came down, some people asked me, “Are you going to write another book during all of this free time?” And I was really annoyed, because I didn’t have any more free time! I have a child, and it was spring, and I had to make lunch a lot. But… Read more »

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  • Conniving Hens and Roosters of Malice in the Icebox of Hell

    Our chest freezer broke last week, and the refrigerator broke this week- this week, when I was supposed to butcher chickens. Coincidence? I think not.  We bought a new freezer and a new refrigerator. This was the new refrigerator:  And then… you have to wait 24 hours to stabilize the temperature. And then…  The temperature… Read more »

  • Father’s Day

  • Over sixty cats

    Yesterday was the first day of summer vacation. The Zanimal and I spent some happy hours yesterday drawing and painting cats. Here are our efforts:  

  • An Upper Midwestern Spring

    We have so much to do around here in Spring. There are lambs being born, meat chickens to take care of, plants to start indoors and transplant, mowing, weeding, planting, end of school stuff, planning for summer stuff, 4-h events, registering for the fair, getting all of our ducks in a row for summer camps… Read more »

  • My New author Photo

    Credit (or blame) goes to Professor Batty:  Has anyone seen my arm? I left it around here somewhere… UPDATE: DAN FOUND MY ARM! Thank you, Dan.  I also found a soul on Amazon, but they are sadly out of stock right now. That’s too bad.  As an author, I could really use a soul! 

  • The Ghost

    My daughter brought this book home from the fourth grade book swap.  The fourth grade book swap just isn’t what it used to be, is it? They grow up so fast. Sigh.  Inside the back cover, we read that this book is about a newly divorced Londoner who goes to Vermont and stumbles upon a… Read more »

  • Battle of Britain

    How the Battle of Britain Was Won

  • Free Picture Books for Adults (Crazy Hanahshosh has more crazy deals)

    Yes, you’ve thought about reading a book. Maybe you even downloaded the Kindle app to your phone. But then you thought, “None of these big grown up books have pictures. What a bummer. Oh, never mind.” But, wait! Don’t give up! Shoshanah Marohn’s books have pictures! Even the adult ones. And they aren’t naughty pictures,… Read more »

  • Name a Dead Poet Who Had a Handsome Beard

    So far I’ve got: William Shakespeare Christopher Marlowe Walt Whitman Allen Ginsberg  Shel Silverstein Alfred Lord Tennyson Henry David Thoreau Rabindranath Tagore Dante Gabriel Rossetti  D.H. Lawrence Luís Vaz de Camóes Jim Morrison  Robert Browning And a recommendation to read this (formerly) obscure book:  All of this is, of course, for Birds in Beards 2:… Read more »

  • Before and After Photos: Chicken Hats