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Video to bake by

By laurie | Published: December 23, 2010
The cleaning and decorating in the Forest in finally done. (Pics tomorrow!) Today I’ll be trying to make a gingerbread house and baking biscotti and other family favorites. And it’s time to make the rice pudding for the Julenisse! While puttering around the kitchen, I’ll be catching up on videos that I’ve bookmarked. Do you [...]
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And about that suitcase…

By laurie | Published: December 14, 2010
Given that many of you will soon be packing for end-of-year travels, I thought I’d let you know how my experiment with travelling lightly went. (You remember – I only took a carry-on for my five week book tour. Details here.) In a word – fantastic!! It helped that all of my travels were complete [...]
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RIF, FORGE & me in DC

By laurie | Published: December 10, 2010
Here is a great video of me on book tour courtesy of RIF (Reading is Fundamental). This was shot at one of the KIPP Academies I visited in Washington, DC (You saw one their cool murals in Tuesday’s blog post).   Another highlight of the day for me was the chance to get to know [...]
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Pigs DO Fly!

By laurie | Published: December 8, 2010
A lot of people have written to me in the last few months, asking what a typical book tour day is like. Elizabeth Bluemle of Flying Pig Bookstore did a write-up of the day I spent in the Burlington, VT area. It gives you a pretty good picture of the day: three school visits, a [...]
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Best Intentions

By laurie | Published: December 7, 2010
Remember when I used to blog? A lot? Well. I got out of the blogging habit during the FORGE booktour! ARGH! I’m sorry! I miss you guys! So I am trying to get back into the habit. Right now. I think one of the things that has been holding me back (other than catching up [...]
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Feasting

By laurie | Published: November 28, 2010
I’m alive. I’m happy. I’m blessed. And I have a LOT of catching up to do! Look for news and stories next week. Until then, keep eating pie.
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Road Warrior

By laurie | Published: October 24, 2010
Some people have asked about my decision to travel with only a carry-on on this tour. So far, it’s going great. It helps that I am not terribly fussy about my clothes. I’m wearing dri-fit yoga pants on the tour, with a dryfit black tee-shirt topped by a shirt which is, I hope, more or [...]
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FORGE tour – Week 1, pt 2

By laurie | Published: October 24, 2010
WHATTA BIRTHDAY!!! Thank you to everyone for the kind messages and good thoughts. If the rest of the world knew how much fun it is to turn 49, they wouldn’t angst about it so much. Special thanks to the teens, parents, librarians, teachers, and booksellers at the Pittsford B&N for making my birthday FORGE tour [...]
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FORGE book tour – Week 1, part 1

By laurie | Published: October 23, 2010
First – apologies for not posting in the past week. Things have been crazy, wonderful and busy. Second – thank you, Garrison Keillor!!! I have been a huge fan of his forever and a long-time follower of his daily Writer’s Almanac feature. So you can imagine my thrill when I woke up this morning and [...]
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FORGE earns Star #3!

By laurie | Published: October 11, 2010
Things are shifting into high gear in the Forest as the book tour approacheth. The suitcase is semi-packed and the washing machine is busy. Hotel and airplane reservations have all been made. More chickens have decided to lay eggs. Ok, that last bit it not exactly tour-related. But this is. The Horn Book has given [...]
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