Author Archives: Karin Fisher-Golton

Love Family: MCBD Book Review

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Karin Fisher-Golton

Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day! I am thrilled to be involved in this event—now in its fifth year and, very happily for this world, growing each year. It’s so important for children to be able to see themselves in books. … Continue reading →

Milkweed Life

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Karin Fisher-Golton

Last I posted here I had a newly planted butterfly garden. It grew faster than I imagined, including the milkweed, planted because it is the favorite food of monarch butterfly caterpillars. One appeared in July, but I never saw it … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Cap Found

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Karin Fisher-Golton

This morning I found a hat with sentimental value that had been lost for over a year. I had been in my coat closet getting a hat to wear on a walk. I thought of the butterfly cap and another … Continue reading →

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Mama and Papa Have a Store: MCBD Review

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Karin Fisher-Golton

Happy Multicultural Children’s Book Day (MCBD)! January 27 has been designated as a day to celebrate and be aware of books by and about a diversity of people. It is so important for kids to see themselves in books and … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Bev Bos: a National Poetry Month Post

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Karin Fisher-Golton

I don’t want to let National Poetry Month go by without posting a poem. It’s been a challenging month for computer time for me, but I’ve thought several times of posting a poem. One always comes to mind that I … Continue reading →

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What Creativity Looks Like

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Karin Fisher-Golton

Last weekend I decided that I wanted to send some family members Hanukkah cards. In recent years my son has made lovely, creative ones, but this year that was not an option as he was busy with a baseball tournament. … Continue reading →

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A Monumental Poem

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Karin Fisher-Golton

This week, with all the talk of refugees, I’ve found myself thinking of the poem, “The New Colossus,” written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 to help raise funds for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal and posted on the interior of … Continue reading →

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A Cento for National Poetry Month

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Karin Fisher-Golton

My children’s poets group chose to write cento poems for our National Poetry Month project. For those who don’t know, a cento is like a poem collage. The poet takes exact lines from existing poems and arranges them to make … Continue reading →

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A Rainbow in California, with Tanka

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Karin Fisher-Golton

While most of this country was experiencing a snowy-stormy winter, here on the California coast we had an unusually balmy one. So last Monday morning, walking in some good ol’ San Francisco Bay Area fog seemed refreshing. I was surprised … Continue reading →

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More February Poems

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Karin Fisher-Golton

My poem-a-day-for-February month is winding up. As long as nothing unexpected happens by Saturday I’ll have written at least thirty poems this month. (So far there have been two days when I wrote two.) The experience has had an ease … Continue reading →

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