Connected/Disconnected

I’m getting ready to go to a meeting. Most grown-ups moan and groan about having to go to meetings. I love it! As a writer, most of my “work day” is spent sitting alone at my desk, alone behind the pages of a book I’m reading for research, or alone, staring at the sky-watching birds [...]



Recycling to the MAX!

We compost and recycle in my home. It takes three adults two weeks to fill up a garbage bag! Imagine if every town did what this town in Japan is doing! Do you recycle in your home?

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Goodreads Review

Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
My copy of this book is littered with post-it tags and notes. It has given me an interesting look into the world I’m writing about with Gaia Girls Air Apparent. Kane’s writing of the people and places from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean [...]



Morning Run-Mystery Bird

A very humid morning for running! I jogged through Dennison Park, up the hill behind Sevren Elementary School, across Corning’s Southside hill, down Pine Street, through Centerway Square, along the Chemung River and home via Market Street. The highlight of my 43 minutes was actually seeing my “mystery bird!”
All summer I’ve been hearing this very [...]



Morning Run-Spencer Crest

I’ve decided to write some posts about my semi-regular morning runs. This is when I do some of my best thinking about Gaia Girls. Why? Well, first and foremost, it keeps me from thinking about how much I’m sweating, or how long I’ve been going, or the fact that I’m getting a stitch.
More importantly, even [...]



Canopy Meg!

I get to meet Meg Lowman tomorrow! Imagine a career spent in the treetops…she’s a Gaia Girl for sure!



It’s Raining Frogs & Fishes

It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky by Jerry Dennis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I love this book! It is giving me all kinds of ideas for cool “air” powers in the next Gaia Girls book. Glenn Wolff’s illustrations are amazing. I want posters of them! [...]



Lee @ New York Green Fest!

[ August 8, 2009; ] Lee will be speaking and signing books Saturday, August 8th, at New York Green Fest!

Gaia Girls is exhibiting at this fantastic Alfred, NY event all day and will be speaking/reading from the “Solar Stage” at 11:30am. If you’ve been dying for a sneak peak of “Gaia Girls Air Apparent,” here’s your chance!



Rockin’ Dolphin Song!

This made me laugh. I’m going to do my best to learn it. Please check out the Dolphin Communication Projects Website. They have a great podcast!