August 27, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 5 Comments
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 [...]
August 23, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 5 Comments
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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August 23, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 1 Comment
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 [...]
August 21, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 3 Comments
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 [...]
August 17, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 2 Comments
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 [...]
August 13, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 1 Comment
I get to meet Meg Lowman tomorrow! Imagine a career spent in the treetops…she’s a Gaia Girl for sure!
August 7, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 0 Comments
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! [...]
August 6, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 8 Comments
[ 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!
August 4, 2009 - Posted by Lee Welles-author- 7 Comments
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!