Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you.
The Rome2Rio website gives you full directions from one place to another, door to door. The directions include all methods of travel including planes, trains, buses, cars, and ferries. It gives you the time each set of directions will take and approximate cost. It is amazing – and free!
Jason Reynolds is an award-winning writer and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He was reappointed to a third term last year by the Library of Congress. He writes novels and poetry for young adult and middle-school audiences. His book Ghost was a National Book Award finalist for Young People’s Literature. He lives in Washington, D.C. and has published over eight novels in less than three years. He visits schools all over the country to encourage kids to read books and write their own stories. Here is a YouTube series he did called “Write. Rite. Right”.
It was during Jane Pauley’s interview with Jason Reynolds a couple of weeks ago that I learned about him and how amazing he is. I think you will agree.
Alisa Amador was the winner of 2022 Tiny Desk Concert. Her parents were Latin folk musicians, and she grew up both in the U.S. and Argentina. She has a beautiful and soulful voice, and her songs are a combination of the tunes she heard while growing up – rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk, all with an underlay of Latin music. Listen to her here.
These frozen dough balls of chocolate chip cookies are well worth the price. They are great to have in the freezer during house guest season and are delicious. They arrive ready to thaw and bake or keep frozen until needed. The ingredients are exactly what you want them to be: Butter, Salt, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Eggs, Baking Soda, Dark Chocolate, Semi-Sweet Chocolate. Each pack has 12 cookie dough balls and the cookies are each 3” large and 3.5 oz.$74.95 including shipping. Goldbelly’s is currently sold out but promise they will be restocked soon.
