Charlotte and the quiet place
This mindfulness-themed picture book, published by Parallax Press and illustrated by Sara Woolley, has won several awards:
- Gold Winner in Picture Books in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards
- Silver Medal for Children's Picture Books (7 & Under) in the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
- Bronze Award in the 2015 National Parenting Publications Awards
- Winner in Children's Trade Books, Certificate of Excellence from the Publishing Professionals Network
For all Charlotte-related news, reviews, press, interviews, photo gallery, and information about school visits and community presentations, please visit www.charlotteandthequietplace.com.
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SPEAKING OF QUIET PLACES, my children's poem "Can You Hear Silence?" appears in the anthology Friends and Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children (Writers' Loft, 2020).
Essays
CREATIVE NONFICTION
"A Collaboration Across Time," New York Times, April 28, 2021
"The Onesie in the Closet," JMWW Journal, September 24, 2020
"Our Neighbors Are More Than the People Next Door," Cognoscenti, June 19, 2019. (The audio version of this essay aired on NPR on August 19, 2019; click the red arrow on the same link.)
"Threshold," The Manifest-Station, May 17, 2018
"The Game Changer," Zone 3, Fall 2011
"Moon Fever: An Apollo 11 Flashback," published July 19, 2009 on Salon and chosen for inclusion in Perspectives on Modern World History: The Apollo 11 Moon Landing (Greenhaven Press, 2011)
"A Mattress Built for Two," Boston Globe Magazine, "Coupling" column, February 22, 2009
"How to Calm a Skittish Cat," Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Did What? (Simon & Schuster, 2014). Available on Amazon.
"Innocence Flickered and Dimmed," Journal News, November 22, 2003; "November 22, 1963: A Child's-Eye View," an essay posted on Salon, sparked the interest of Wayne Cabot, longtime WCBS Newsradio 880 (NYC) host, who produced a fascinating JFK retrospective that aired on November 22, 2013. Listen here to the podcast.
"A Tangible Tragedy," Boston Globe op-ed page, August 26, 1987
CULTURAL COMMENTARY
"Thinking About Sober Spring? Don't Just Keep Score. Dig Deeper!" New Harbinger Publications blog, March 12, 2024
"I was in 4th grade when John F. Kennedy was shot. I remember it like it was yesterday,"
Cognoscenti, November 22, 2023
"What Matthew Perry Taught Us," Cognoscenti, November 2, 2023
"Updating My Address Book Each Year Marks Life's Passages," personal blog, January 6, 2023
"Are We Ignoring Trump's Mental Unfitness at Our Peril?" personal blog, August 2, 2022
"Andrew Cuomo Finally Resigned. But He Still Doesn't Get It," Cognoscenti, August 11, 2021
"I Hope All This Mindfulness Is Here To Stay," Cognoscenti, April 13, 2020
"11 Things You Can Do To Manage Coronavirus Anxiety," Cognoscenti, March 13, 2020
"My Facebook Feed Is Giving Me Compassion Fatigue. Here's What I'm Doing About It," Cognoscenti, February 20, 2020
"'Twas the Week of the Hearings," a political parody poem, Medium, November 27, 2019
"The Price Is Right: An Unexpected Oasis of Peace and Harmony," Cognoscenti, September 27, 2019
"Life in the Trump Era: If Everything Is a Big Deal, Nothing Is a Big Deal," Cognoscenti, August 28, 2018
"You're Not Imagining It: Empathy Hurts," Cognoscenti, February 23, 2018
"When Breaking News Breaks Your Spirit, Is It OK to Tune Out?", Cognoscenti, July 15, 2016
"Four Tips for a More Mindful Mealtime," guest blog for the Family Dinner Project, March 6, 2015
"Where Are the Women on the 'Jeopardy!' Board?" Salon, September 29, 2013 (under a different title)
CRAFT ESSAYS
"Write It Like It Is: The Power of Group Freewriting," Brevity Blog, May 29, 2024
"Inclusivity Isn't Simple," Brevity Blog, August 7, 2023
"Befriend Your Inner Critic," Brevity Blog, August 12, 2022
"Self-Editing Mantras to Enhance Your Revision Process," Brevity Blog, July 13, 2022
"5 Ways to Be a More Mindful Writer," Writer's Digest, August 17, 2016
"The Self as Antihero in the Essays of David Sedaris, Nora Ephron, and Steve Almond," The Writer's Chronicle (Oct/Nov 2015)