Two weeks ago when I read the latest article about the Common Core in the New York Times titled Common Core, in 9-Year-Old Eyes , I knew t...

In April I reminisced about six + years of blogging with this wondrous group of authors. I've so appreciated the opportunity to come up...

No, this is not some type of plant that produces ink. This is the last of the INK Recommends lists, focused on STEM: Science, Technology, E...

I came late to the family of I.N.K. bloggers, and the fatigue of posting hasn’t quite caught up to me yet. Even so I’ve marveled at the cre...

Despite George Washington's shivering Victory or Death brinksmanship in New Jersey at the beginning of the year, 1777 was wicked to...

I am not a fearless woman. I’m actually quite timid. I like order and predictability and rules. When I was a magazine editor, I started eac...

   On May 10, 2014, Larry McMurtry wrote a bittersweet but not sentimental New York Times, Sunday Review article about a visit he made to Ne...

Last month on National Astronomy Day , I was at the Clay Center Observatory signing copies of How Do You Burp in Space? And Othe...

NEW BOOKS FOR 2014   David Schwartz has entered the world of e-publishing with • The Hidden World of the Forest •The H...