Sun vs. Snow Critique Workshop

February 13, 201528 Comments

The Sun vs. Snow Contest just ended, and now the ever-lovely Michelle Hauck is running a Sun vs. Snow critique workshop ahead of upcoming contests! Isn’t she just the best?

Since I’m still revising, I didn’t enter Sun vs. Snow, or any of the other contests that have come and gone over the last few months, even though I reeeally wanted to enter a couple. But I’m two-thirds of the way through the revision (I think), so I thought, why not? It’ll soon be time to start polishing, so why not get a little feedback on the beginning?

You can find Michelle’s post and all the details on the workshop here. It’s open till the 21st, so there’s still time to enter if you’ve got something you’d like feedback on. In the meantime, here’s my entry:

Photo Friday already?

February 13, 201514 Comments

Once upon a time, I was quite adept at climbing trees. This tree was at my grandparents’ house and did a fantastic job of shading their driveway. I remember, quite vividly, perching in one of its many crotches and writing my first poem (a copy of which I still have somewhere in my office).

treesis

When Bubbles was born, I was disappointed that we didn’t have any good climbing trees in our yard. Then I moved to town, and each new place also lacked good climbing trees. At last we have a place with lots of trees for the kids to climb, and they’ve taken to it like ducks to water (the older ones, anyway). To me, there’s nothing quite like climbing a tree for fun and adventure.

Don’t forget to stop by Charnele’s blog and take a gander at her throwback post!

Did you climb trees when you were a kid? Do you let your kids climb them?