We saw 42 stars

 

Ever since Daylight Saving Time started, Hudson wakes up at 5:30 instead of 6:30.

If it's not too cold, we take Whiskey for a short walk before the sun comes up. 

The other morning he was up at 5:15, and the sky was still dark. We saw 42 stars, which is a lot for New York City. 

Looking at the sky reminds us how big the universe is, and how lucky we are to be here, even if for a cosmic nanosecond.

Hudson is this tiny little collection of DNA molecules, and what are the odds of him being here? And yet, here he is. Here we are. All we can do is smile and declare victory.

Book news:

• My daughter Samantha is going with me to Pennsylvania this weekend for the Keystone Literacy Association conference. Library Books Are Not for Eating won an award! And Hershey Lodge has an indoor waterpark! (Jo and Hudson decided to stay home--too much Thanksgiving travel.)

• Love is a Story is the first book in the universe dedicated to Hudson ("For Hudson, whose story has just begun"). Coming January 3.

•  Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny hops your way in February.
• Wacky Weather, a Cat in the Hat Learning Library book, makes landfall sometime in 2023.
• I just finished the manuscript for another Cat in the Hat Learning Library book, Oh, the Ways we Go! Go! Go! It's about the history of transportation. It will be transported to bookstores in 2024.
• Finally, a Chinese-language version of Three Grumpy Trucks is coming soon. But you have to go to China.

Thanks for coming here to read my semi-annual post. Hope you're doing well. Smile and declare victory.