Tag: laughed

  • June 28, 2022

    June 28, 2022

    Over the weekend, I was on a walk with Ramona, and a child came up and asked if she could pet my dog. “Yes,” I told her. “She’s really shy around kids. You have to be patient.” “I can be extremely patient,” she said. She crouched down and stuck out her hand and waited for…

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  • April 16, 2020

    April 16, 2020

    Here is a happy thing: I saw a child in a bike buggy go whizzing past me. The kid had on a helmet and was holding a book. The father was pedaling furiously. I thought: how great is that? Riding and reading. The father stopped the bike suddenly. He called out something to a neighbor.…

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  • April 2, 2020

    April 2, 2020

    I’ve been out walking a lot in the last few weeks—short walks, long walks, walks to clear my head and walks to connect me to the world. Yesterday, I passed a family of five—mom, dad, two kids, and a medium-sized dog—walking together. We waved at each other, and one of the kids shouted, “Don’t worry,…

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  • January 29, 2019

    January 29, 2019

    A few weeks ago, I was in Charleston, South Carolina doing a signing at the Charleston County Public Library and a young boy (maybe six years old) came through the line with a copy of Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig. He held up the book and said, “Did you write this?” “I did,” I…

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  • April 24, 2018

    April 24, 2018

    I was in line at the grocery store when the man behind me cleared his throat and said, “Excuse me.” I turned, and stepped to the side, thinking that I was in his way. He said, “No, you’re fine. It’s just . . . I have a question if you don’t mind.” “Sure,” I said.…

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  • April 29, 2016

    April 29, 2016

    I am a shy person. Every time I have to step out on a stage, I start looking for emergency exits; I start thinking about ways to escape, disappear. So imagine how pleased I was, when I walked into the green room at the Historic Fifth Street School in Las Vegas and was greeted by…

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