Thank you West Memorial Elementary!

Remember to follow your dreams and see what happens!

Went to West Memorial Elementary on 06/02/14 to speak to their 5th graders.  So much fun!  I did OK for my first try at this.  Thank you to West Memorial for letting me come visit!

I'm starting to line up visits for the next school year.  Planning on visiting with 3rd - 7th grade.  If you have a request, please email me at d.scozzari@yahoo.com.

From North American Bear Center web page:
Family Breakup

Black bear mothers give birth in January and stay with their cubs for 16-17 months.
Family bonds remain strong right up to the day of family breakup. In the days before family breakup, they play together, groom each other, sleep together, and suckle. Like human youngsters, yearling bears sleep very soundly, trusting their safety to the alertness of their mother.
Family breakup happens suddenly during mating season in May or June when the mother is nearly ready to mate.
The sudden presence of a male can precipitate family breakup. At first, the mother is torn between her yearlings and the persistent male, but within a day after family breakup, she will chase her yearlings away whenever she encounters them.
Littermates also separate from each other. Each settles in a separate area within its mother’s territory. The mother then avoids those areas, giving the yearlings nearly exclusive feeding rights.

Without their mothers, the yearlings are initially skittish, spending long periods up trees. They become covered with ticks. By the end of the summer, they develop into confident little bears.
Most sons voluntarily leave within a couple years after family breakup. Most daughters eventually establish territories in or near their mother’s territory.
Photo: A week before family breakup, a yearling male (left) sleeps snuggled with his 5-year-old mother, not realizing the traumatic change that is about to happen in his life. — May 18, 2006, Ely, MN

Hey everyone, I've been sharing on Facebook page where I should have been sharing here.

In 2013 my first book, The Ninth Region  The War with Lady Ice, was read to a second grade class.  Then that spring I went and visited them.  I was not published yet, and what was read was from on of the first manuscripts, but I was so happy on how the students all had their own favorite parts.  They also asked me why I started to write, if I would ever stop, how I saw some characters, and if Vincent was going to be in the next book, (Knighting Nettle).  Answer is yes. Vincent is in all four books.

So now I had a criminal background check, and have permission from the principal of West Memorial Elementary to speak to the 5th grade about my perception of writing, and my first book.  I am so excited and yet nervous.
These are fifth graders, going into middle school next year!  The second grade took me for a great ride, how will this ride go?  These kids are so smart and intuitive. 

Anyway I am going Monday, this Monday, June 2nd, in the afternoon.
Next year I plan on speaking with the 4th and 5th graders of next year about book one and the sixth graders about my second book.

I am going to trying to get into some book stores this summer - so please buy the e-book and if you, (the kids) are entertained, please, please tell you local book store to contact me for a visit.  My e-mail is d.scozzari@yahoo.com.  Getting so excited.  I will let you know how it went.  Thanks for you good thoughts!  D. Scozzari

Short story ideas - tell me what you think, please!

Good day on this wintery day. 

I have been posting on my Facebook page www.facebook/dscozzari.blogspot but I haven't been writing here.
My website is suppose to be www.d-scozzari.com, but I have been having difficulties.  Please try to pull it up and tell me if you had trouble and what you think!

For fun I had asked some questions about you just to get a framework to write a little short story about you.  This would be fiction of course. 
Answer what ever you want or just volunteer a subject or place or thing for me to base this little tale on.  After I posted the questions, if was brought to my attention that the questions may be too personal.  So just volunteer what ever you want me to write about - make it up.  Please, let me hear from you teens and tweens too!  You can also contact me on my e-mail: d.scozzari@yahoo.com.

Here it is:

.         Hi friends and family. I have a quiz to offer

  for your enjoyment. It is more of a poll so I

  know what interests you all. After I get enough

  results I will write a short story with what

  you offer.

 

1) What kind of animal do you love best, if any?

2) What state do you live in?

3) What state did you grown up in?

ountry person living in the city, or a city person living in the country? (read carefully)?
5) What animal are you deathly afraid of?
6) What hobby tickles your fancy?
7) What activity do you have the most fun doing?
8) How many kids do you have and/or are you a kid at heart yourself? (Or are you a kid?)
9) If you had a magic wand what would you do with it?
10) If you had a magic wand, what place would you go to visit or even move to?
OPTIONAL to group the answers by age:
Are you younger than 20? Are you, are you a young adult? Are you a parent? Are you a parent with grandchildren? Or are your "kids" nieces, nephews and friends kids? — feeling excited.4) Are you a country person living in the country

 or a city person living in the city or a country

 person living in the city, or a city person

 living in the country? (read carefully)?

      
    5) What animal are you deathly afraid of?

6) What hobby tickles your fancy?

7) What activity do you have the most fun doing?

8) How many kids do you have and/or are you a kid

   at heart yourself? (Or are you a kid?)

9) If you had a magic wand what would you do with

   it?

10) If you had a magic wand, what place would you

    go to visit or even move to?

Answers by age:

 Are you younger than 20? Are you, a young adult? Are you a parent? Are you a parent with grandchildren? Or are your "kids" nieces, nephews and friends kids? 

I am feeling excited - I am ready for the challenge!5) What animal are you deathly afraid of?
6) What hobby tickles your fancy?
7) What activity do you have the most fun doing?
8) How many kids do you have and/or are you a kid at heart yourself? (Or are you a kid?)
9) If you had a magic wand what would you do with it?
10) If you had a magic wand, what place would you go to visit or even move to?
OPTIONAL to group the answers by age:
Are you younger than 20? Are you, are you a young adult? Are you a parent? Are you a parent with grandchildren? Or are your "kids" nieces, nephews and friends kids?

Whose eyes are in this picture/cover?  What is in those eyes?

November 23, 2013 - It is certainly wet and cold.  Great weather for Thanksgiving this week.  The Christmas decorations seem to be all up, except  at my house. 

FYI - Inspiring Voices put the map for book I, War with Lady Ice, on my web page.  That address is d-scozzari.com.  So glad it is up.  That web page has a blog tab with links to this site. 

My mother-in-law is here on her annual visit.  So many family members are home this holiday week, so it is nice seeing everyone together.  I can't wait until Thursday!  This cold weather is getting me hungry for turkey, yams, and cranberry relish.  What can I say, I love this time of year!

Hope you all have a great week and enjoy your families. 
Remember that this holiday celebrates learning about this country and how to manage it when the Indians of that time and the English were social.  It is so sad that things changed rather quickly after the first celebration of this day.  My wish is that all races and social backgrounds remember the grace of that relationship that lasted for at least a short while.  It is who we as Americans should be, in spite of the differences we all have as melting pot of peoples; in spite of the world interference and influence on us.

Giving thanks to God for survival, family, and new friends is what this holiday is about.  It is not the kick off of Christmas, as many of us see it as.  (The day after Thanksgiving is the kick off of the Christmas season.)  Take time to remember what the holiday really is all about, before getting caught up in the "Season to be Jolly". 

Happy Thanksgiving - America!

I am trying to post the map for the journey taken by Nathan, Gloria, and Vincent, and I can't seem to manage it.  Maybe someone can give me a clue.  The map is in power point. 

Also, my webpage is in the works - can't wait to go back to writing!

My time is now being spent, in part, sewing costumes for a short Christmas show with the younger members of the family.  The show is entitled A Christmas Dream.  The key players are an angel, a sugar plum fairy, The Drummer Boy, and Rudolph the reindeer!  It is so much fun for me and the kids to do this each Christmas; it is like our collective present to the family!