A Peek Into My Life…

So, I kind of took the summer off. I had a lot going on – finishing Saving Their Wolf, going to an educator’s conference in Portland, OR, vacation in Iceland, and a lot of headache and heartache about my teaching job. But I’m back now and you can expect lots of news over the next month or so (including a charity anthology and a new release).

To make up for my absence, below are some pictures from our trip to Iceland (just click on an image to see a larger version). We drove the Ring Road all around the island and hit most of the major sites. We chose Iceland partially because my son’s middle school science teacher suggested students go now while you can still see glaciers; and partially because it’s only a 5-hour flight from New York – closer than Great Britain, Ireland, and continental Europe.

Because I’m a huge language nerd, I studied Icelandic for a couple of months before we visited. It is hard! But I mastered some greetings, counting to 20, and lots of food words. And I barely needed them at all. Everyone all over Iceland spoke English. Road signs were mostly in English. Menus were in English.

It was a wonderful trip, but I was happy to come home to some warmth. Summer in Iceland is a heckuva lot colder than summer in New York. I can’t imagine what it’s like in winter.

Happy Fall (or Spring if you’re in the southern hemisphere)!