Maureen Bush

Contest

After a couple years without, I’m holding another contest for my website www.howweirdcanyouget.com. Several schools in Lethbridge are using Feather Brain for a One School One Book program, and I wanted them to be able to send in entries, plus I’ll be at several other schools that might want to participate.

The rules? Anyone can submit, but only kids can win. Send in an idea for a magic spell for Griffith the wizard to work on. He’ll chose his favorite, and send the winner a small leather-bound notebook for their own spells, and a signed copy of Feather Brain (or another book if the winner already owns Feather Brain).

Past winners and honourable mentions can be found on the website, if you want to see the awesome ideas kids have sent in previously.

The contest will be open until May 1, 2012.

Maureen

Lethbridge

I took the spirit man (from Cursed!) to Lethbridge, and introduce him to hundreds of kids. They loved him, especially his fat belly.

He claims he didn’t enjoy it and is looking pretty grumpy, but I think secretly he enjoyed being a star.

Maureen

I’m Big In Lethbridge

For some reason, Feather Brain is popular in Lethbridge. I’m doing two events there next week, full days at two schools using Feather Brain for their One School One Book programs http://www.readtothem.org/, where everyone in the school reads the same book. The two schools (in Lethbridge) I’ve been to previously for this program loved the book, and I loved being there.

I’m also becoming known outside of Lethbridge. Well, a little outside. I’m booked for a school in Coaldale (to the east), and Brocket (a reserve to the west) later this spring.

Mwhahaha – Lethbridge today, world domination tomorrow. Okay, well, perhaps a small portion of southern Alberta?

Maureen

Dreaming of Gardens

The first gardening catalogue has arrived, signaling the post-Christmas ‘longing for spring’ season, and now that the weather has turned bitterly cold, I’m ready for dreaming.

I look at the pictures and covet plants, and dream of bigger changes, too.

I can’t decide if I’d rather have a labyrinth in my garden (in my fantasy, a much larger garden complete with gardener), or a toy train winding through the plants.

Ah ha! I know what I want. Both! A train for play, a labyrinth for meditation. And a gardener for weeding.

Maureen

Are We In Narnia?

An early hike after an overnight snowfall (Fenlands Trail near Banff).

Maureen