{"id":1070,"date":"2011-12-22T19:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T19:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:35:02","slug":"warm-winter-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Warm Winter Greetings…"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very happy holiday from me and Tanita and CitySmartGirl! My greetings (at the moment, anyway) come from Monterey, CA, which is spectacularly sunny, if a bit chilly. The husband and I took a couple of days to rest and recuperate and walk along the ocean, and we were rewarded yesterday with a glimpse of a whale spouting and surfacing a few times very near to shore before continuing on its way. (What kind of whale, we’re not sure…evidently several types commonly migrate through the area, including blues, grays, and humpbacks…all I can tell you is it was too small to be a blue whale!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, I wanted to share some writerly holiday cheer from Bruce Black, who has posted inspiring excerpts from his interviews<\/a> throughout the year, and urge you to share a bit of holiday cheer yourself by donating to Reading Is Fundamental<\/a> by Dec. 31–if you donate during that time, the Sisco Family Fund will match your gift. I’ll be making a year-end donation with the money earned from my Latte Rebellion swag<\/a> sales plus a tad bit more on top. <\/p>\n

Last but not least, a major milestone from one of our longest-running blog buds–Jen Robinson’s Book Page just turned SIX<\/a>. Congratulations, Jen! We’re privileged to have met you and have been so pleased to see your blog carve out a niche in the Kidlitosphere and in the world of children’s literature. Hooray and cheers!<\/p>\n

Unless I find a few spare moments on Boxing Day, you probably won’t hear from me until next Thursday. So, with that in mind, have a very merry whatever-you-celebrate (or, if you celebrate NOTHING, enjoy that, too!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A very happy holiday from me and Tanita and CitySmartGirl! My greetings (at the moment, anyway) come from Monterey, CA, which is spectacularly sunny,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,10,73],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-af","tag-views","tag-world-o-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6882,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/6882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}