Believe or not, I actually wrote a little bit over the weekend and I have my daughter to thank for it. She drew a wonderful picture for her cousin. It's a purple dragon surrounded by soccer balls because Jon's old soccer team was called The Dragons. So I wrote a poem called "The Dragon-Maker." Maybe I'll include it in our "Dream Dragons" book, ( Read more... )

Temple cat chases
shiny, red, jangling ball
stops at dragon's feet.

River dragon wakes
the temple bell is ringing
kittens lap their milk

Mist lingers at dawn
sun dragons push night away
kitten's eyes open

Basket is lowered
kittens jump, begin their play
in dragon's warm coils

"Cat and Dragon" by Ursula Vernon

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Just 21 more days 'till Dragon*Con! Is Joss Whedon going to be there or not? The saga continues. I hope so, because sunbrae wants his autograph! I guess they have a Buffy track down there. I'm not a big Buffy fan, so I won't attend any of those panels. I do plan to check out the Young Adult Literature track, which includes Harry Potter discussions, ( Read more... )