One Kitten for Kim, written by Adelaide Holl and illustrated by Don Madden, was published in 1969. It was one of my favorite books as a kid. Like many of my favorite childhood things, my copy was stolen from my big brother. The book is about a little boy named Kim whose cat has sevenContinue reading “Out-of-Print Books I Love: One Kitten for Kim”
Tag Archives: Childhood
That Summer
This poem was published in A Book of the Year 2017, the anthology of first place poems from the Poetry Society of Texas annual contests. Now that it’s July, when we’re steeped in Texas summer, it seems like a good time to share it with you. Plus, I just got home from spending a fewContinue reading “That Summer”
Blasts From the Past: Board Games From My Childhood, Part 1
If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I recently rescued a stack of old 70s and 80s board games from my parents’ house, and that has sent me on a trip down memory lane. Last week, I wrote about my life as a (wannabe) gamer and all the best games I remember fromContinue reading “Blasts From the Past: Board Games From My Childhood, Part 1”
Carie Juettner 