Category Archives: writing

Things We Do with Friends

Posted on June 25, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Things we do with friends: Walk. Eat. Laugh. Cry. Talk into the wee hours of the night. And sometimes? We write books with them. Which is what I did with Mary Crockett. Mary and I first met in the mid … Continue reading →

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Library visit JAM DC

Posted on May 1, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Last weekend I visited the Falls Church Mary Styles Library for an event sponsored by JAM DC. The JAM part stands for Jews and Muslims, and the story time was to focus on things we had in common. Here’s a picture … Continue reading →

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Next Big Thing

Posted on March 6, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Anne Marie Pace, who is always up to something big, tagged me last week in The Next Big Thing Blog Hop. The hop (not to be confused with Friday nights in the high school gym slowdancing to Comfortably Numb) celebrates what writers … Continue reading →

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How the Raccoon Got His Mask

Posted on November 19, 2012 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

This was my favorite class assignment from fifth grade. I finally found it this week, along with a note from my friend Beth professing her love for Harrison Ford. Note the 70s stove and lamp!

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The best kind of mail

Posted on November 2, 2012 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

This is pretty much the best mail a writer can ever receive: a packet from Mrs. Gagnon’s first-grade class at Allendale Elementary School in Pittsfield, Mass. I got art work! I got book reports! And I got a quick lesson in … Continue reading →

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