Author Virginia Wright
Virginia Wright Author, was guest speaker at the Retired Teachers Group year end meeting, held at the Bluebird Restaurant in Machias Maine. Dinner and a book signing was held after the speaking engagement.
Virginia Wright Author - Book Signing
I made the news!!! Machias Valley News Observer Writer, Ruth Leubecker, interviewed (me)Virginia Wright, at Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport, Maine when I was attending a library reading. Here is the newspaper screenshot of the article. I’m excited! Thank you Ruth, and Machias Valley News Observer.
With the new year, for some, it brings distress thinking about being another year older. For me, it brings promise of hope, new beginnings, chances, and a blessing of yet another year.
For those who are new followers, before I began writing children’s books, I was writer, and senior editor for ten years for an online health and recipe website named “Lowfat Weekly,” that I founded. I loved, loved, loved, writing about health issues and the challenge of adapting recipes to healthier versions. But while I always warned, for folks to go to their primary care physicians with health issues– I still received questions about health issues. People sharing their ills, trials, and hopelessness. I answered every email, but was very cautious to never give any medical advice. However, I started receiving emails that made me feel that I was being tested, seeing if I would break that boundary. With much thought and decision after ten years of writing health articles and designing good food in the test kitchen to make healthier alternative recipes…I closed the door on Lowfat Weekly.
But from the time I was a little girl, I loved writing. I wrote my mom poems, and whenever I wanted to say “anything,” I put it in a note.
There is more to this story, but for now…I shall end saying please look to the New Year for a new beginning, and never give up your hopes, or dreams.
-Virginia
Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport, Maine was very kind in hosting my author read this month. I read my latest book release “Crying Bear, Yes Bears Cry Sometimes Too.” All children that attended the read received coloring sheets, crayons, stickers, and their choice of one of my books.
Machias News Observer reporter, Ruth Leubecker, sat in on the read and did an interview. A great article and photo went in the newspaper the following week. Many thanks go out to you Ruth for making the trip to Eastport, Maine to do a story on me!
Any school interested in hiring me to do an author visit please contact:
info [at] virginiawright [dot] com
I will be more than happy to go over my fee, and program.
~Virginia
Aster © Virginia Wright
THE HONEYBEE – Isn’t it interesting to know, that the honeybee is an “Insect” that provide us with something that we can eat? It’s that golden, sweet, healthy for us food called—honey! With the disappearing honeybee population, our honey supplies are diminishing in the United States. This situation is called CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder: and researchers are trying to figure out reasons for honeybee disappearance; some say chemicals are at fault.
You can help the honeybee population by planting a flower garden with flowers that grow in your local area that honeybees like. I will list a few that I know of that are great fodder when these wonderful pollinators are foraging for food.
*Zinnia’s
*Aster
*Heather
*Black-Eyed Susan
*Cone Flower
No matter what type flower plot you plant for the bees, don’t use chemicals on your garden…this could be detrimental (harmful) to these much needed pollinator’s.
Family Fun
Planting a flower garden for our greatest pollinator is an activity the whole family can participate in!