by Winona Howe | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog
So the lantanas were nearly gone, and the African daisies contained. I had planted a couple of salvias, but they could hardly be seen because of the cosmos that kept growing (almost six feet now) and that were providing so much shade that the salvias had become...
by Winona Howe | Sep 9, 2022 | Blog
I’m just a sucker for anthropomorphizing. I know that animals and insects and plants (and certainly inanimate objects) don’t think and react like humans do. Nevertheless, ever since I was that imaginative child watching clouds and constructing stories around them, I...
by Winona Howe | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog
A big thank you for voting on the cover of Sita and the Prince of Tigers. Of course I was on pins and needles waiting for the decision to be made. Although I thought both were fabulous, I felt the one chosen more clearly represented the core of the book, as well as...
by Winona Howe | Jul 19, 2022 | Blog
Here’s the link: Cover Poll: Sita and the Prince of Tigers. Last week was both stressful and exciting. The stress came from working with an editor from Koehler Books, and the knowledge that the window was narrowing for any changes to be made. The excitement was...
by Winona Howe | Jul 4, 2022 | Blog
My truth about spring is that I wish it would never end. I’d like to see a full twelve months of spring and here’s the reason why. It’s just more beautiful. Way more beautiful. I live in Southern California and the hills around us are brown nearly all the year. But...
by Winona Howe | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog
I’ve never been one for getting up early—willingly, that is—at least not for the kind of day that is like every other day. It we are birding internationally, and the guide says we will need to leave the lodge at 4:30 am, I don’t have any trouble getting up at all....
