Month: August 2011

The Silence of Trees in Kindle Top 100!

Posted on

First exciting news of the week…my sister gave birth to her second daughter, and she is a beautiful, healthy baby!We are all excited and proud and so grateful!

Next, book update! I know it’s just a number, but it’s happy news:

The Silence of Trees broke into the TOP 100 of all Paid kindle books today (#97 when last I checked)! I guess that makes me an official Kindle Bestseller!

It’s also ranked #5 of all Historical Fiction!

Thank you! Thank you so much to everyone who had read and shared The Silence of Trees (in hardcover, paperback, and ebook!)

And if you haven’t, here you go! Also still only .99 on Kindle!

Thank you thank you thank you!

 

 

 

Wiper Beat

Posted on

Most days I feel like I’m living in a musical. The kids spontaneously break into song or dance at random moments, and I’m usually happy for their creativity (except when I’m trying to take a  business call). Well, thanks to the influence of beatboxing on the PBS show The Electric Company, and random clips and songs the kids have seen from composer Sxip Shirey, they are often inspired to grab household objects and try coax (i.e. beat) sounds out of them, accompanied by some sort of attempt at beatboxing or singing.

Driving home from school today, the kids were inspired by the windshield wipers in the rain and did the following little number.

They call their composition, Wiper Beat.

Doorways and jackhammers

Posted on

Remember the mysterious hole in our basement that I wrote about last year? (No? Read  about it here.)

A few weeks ago, the heavy Chicago storms resulted in flooding in our basement. When we decided to finally get drainage tiles put in, we also decided to cut into the wall and excavate the dirt so we can use the space.

So the morning began with jackhammers and ended with cutting into the wall. Tomorrow they remove the dirt. There is a lot of it.

Tonight I’ll go to sleep dreaming about what could possibly be buried underneath.

Sweet dreams.

😉