Carmela LaVigna Coyle; Children's Author

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Stone Birdy...

I found her at an antique gallery behind a rusty urn, dinged from the travails of old age... and a fall or two. Her concrete beak stooped low as if frozen in an eternal nibble. (Sound familiar, ladies?) She was lovely!
So I purchased her on the spot- and designed a simple vignette in which to present her.

The stone bird is a gift for my mother. But mom doesn't know anything about her yet.
She will though. Soon. Shhhhhhh. A birthday is coming!
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Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Colorado, United States
I write children's books! What other job pays you to think like a kid except you get to keep chocolates stashed in your desk drawer. I'm a world-class professional putterer, with a fitting motto of: "Dumdeedumm." My name means "Fruit Goddess..." kinda cool. Here, in this weblog I hope to dabble, surf, obsess on and perhaps even wallow in... well, I'm not sure yet. So check back now and then. I STILL have a thing for finding fortune in misfortune- (which happens to be my favorite plot point in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.) My motto, most days, "Everything is going to work out!" (Because it does.) "There's a creative solution to everything..." Which kind of works hand in hand with the first one. I have long thought of myself as an expert in the art of observing. I'll have to elaborate on that sometime. Liking, no, LOVING my homemade cocoa as a treat once a week. And salt caramels! What I want to know is, who invented those sumptuous sticky salty morsels. Not a dentist, for sure. Oh yeah, I'm married to a swell guy, and we have two college age kids, Nick and Annie-- Ciao!! Now have something yummy.
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Quotes

  • "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now." --Chinese Proverb
  • Fortune favors the bold... -- Virgil
  • Throw your heart over the fence... and the rest will follow.-- Norman Vincent Peale
  • All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. --E.B. White
  • To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. --Andre Gide

snappy links:

  • anahata katkin... wow wow wow!! now I can dream in full color...
  • nestingplace-- insights, and good ideas for mommies...
  • blessednest- A FABulous blog for organic living!!
  • My AMAZONCONNECT blog
  • Coyle Inspection Engineers-- honest, professional, soulful... (I know the folks!)
  • Amazon Link to Carmela's children's book: Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? Do Princesses Scrape Their Knees? Do Princesses Count? Thank You, Aunt Tallulah!
  • The Anti-princess!! A must read article...really. You'll see.
  • Another article from the Anti-princess movement.
  • Thea LaVigna, Artist of Life!! Wait until you see her latest canvas on a card paintings- absolutely shoots for the stars!
  • Amazon link to Linda Kranz- author Only One You- brimming with wisdom- from parent fishy to child fishy. Lively, soulful and buoyant.
  • Buckingham Babies -My favorite is the Heirloom Cradle- right out of a fairy tale.
  • Chuao Chocolatiers- pronounced chew-WOW! And that's not an exaggeration, Roberta

Noteworthy...

  • Chuao Chocolates- yes, I'm mentioning it again.
  • Flower bedecked balconies
  • Glacier Gorge hiking trail Rocky Mountain Natn Park- You might run into Hansel and Gretel!
  • Green and Blacks- Dark Chocolate Ice Cream- nummy
  • Ice cold Mexican Coca Cola- "the real thing" -available in Spanish food markets.
  • Mrs Stewart's Bluing- non toxic, biodegradable fabric whitener-Invented in the 1800's, bluing is a environmentally safe way to whiten clothing, sheets etc. that have yellowed with age. Truly a keeper.
  • Oka- a nutty yummy cheese from Switzerland

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