You know I like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the neighborhood, whether it’s a lemonade stand or a Halloween dog costume contest in the local park. Well, now there’s talk of… more →
ONE GOOD DEEDwrote 1 month ago: You know I like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the neighborhood, whether it’s a l … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This weekend I went to my hometown library, the one where I borrowed every Nancy Drew book, and when … more →
wrote 2 months ago: It’s Girl Scout cookie time at last, so yesterday I was completing my duties for this year … more →
wrote 2 months ago: It’s funny — I have posted here over time about helping kids try to get a job in publish … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Here’s something that doesn’t always work out for me: I make snap judgments when I meet … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Those of you who have read ONE GOOD DEED, the book, will remember the tradition I started (a traditi … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Lots of you ONE GOOD DEED blog readers have enjoyed my most recent post (February 1) about the World … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Some people just get to you. Now anybody who’s worked in retail will tell you, customers are a … more →
wrote 3 months ago: This isn’t so much a good deed as something nice to do for someone, and a little surprise, to … more →
wrote 4 months ago: A lovely story from the end of my Christmas vacation. My cousin Jim and I were standing in his livin … more →
wrote 4 months ago: You may or may not be surprised, Dear Readers, to find that although I’m all for — as th … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Is it the season? Is it because I’ve become more aware of the world through my One Good Deed j … more →
wrote 5 months ago: The above statement is from a petition going around on social media right now to pass new laws on gu … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I started to put together a list of people to send holiday cards to today. And yes, I say holiday ca … more →
wrote 6 months ago: How do you pick a publisher? Or, how do they pick you? In the hours before their offices closed for … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Over the last couple of weeks, doing events and radio shows with ONE GOOD DEED (the book), I’v … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Day in, day out, we have classes of kids coming in and out of my bookstore. Mostly they’re cute – no … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Today I want to repost an old entry from during the time I was writing ONE GOOD DEED, the book. It w … more →
wrote 6 months ago: There was lots of (righteous) sturm und drang about whether or not the New York City Marathon should … more →