Oh, What a night...

Kindergarden students from Sabin School

display their work at A Children’s Place Bookstore on NE Freemont Street. The pictures sell for $50.00 each. I’m happy the children are being supported in their creative expression and kudos to A Children’s Place.

The paintings were one more sweet surprise at the posthumous launch of

Bridget Zinn’s Young Adult novel, Poison.

It was very moving to witness the Portland community of Young Adult authors come together to support Bridget’s book. The excerpted readings by Bridget’s colleagues and friends piqued my interest and I’ll be curling up with a copy tonight.

Times like these, I’m very grateful to live in a city providing so many amazing opportunities while remaining a neighborhood of kind and loving friends.

Read more about Bridget here.

 

Good thoughts on a tough subject...

Sarah Moon is an educator and digital communications professional I respect. Recently, she wrote about the difficulty of dealing with plagiarism and gave some tips and motivation for handing this issue and I like what she has to say:

No one has a right to steal from you.

Thieves are not entitled to be treated graciously.

Plagiarists do not have a right to explain themselves or claim that they’re somehow doing you a favor.

Your original work has value—don’t let anyone tell you differently.

Read the rest on Sarah’s blog.