Lynn Lovegreen
YA historicals in Alaska

I’ve been fairly quiet this year when it comes to politics in my blog posts. It’s not that I don’t care—when you see my BlueSky posts,...

Langston Hughes (c. 1925) by Winold Reiss, on display in the Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism exhibition at The...

Maybe your newsfeed is a mix of rumors and news. Maybe you distrust the news you see. Maybe you’re not sure who to believe.   We all need...

Alaska, like many places, has had unusual weather patterns this winter. We haven't had much snow--inches instead of feet in my town....

One hundred years ago this week, the town of Nome, Alaska had a diptheria outbreak. Children in the small town were desperately ill, some...

The fires in the Los Angeles area are still raging, and many of us in other parts of the country want to help. (Later, once things are...

Note: Not feeling well this week, so just reposted this from the Romancing the Genres blog   This month’s blog topic is “My ‘go to’...

2025 Watchword: Perseverance I choose a watchword for each year, giving me a focus for those twelve months. Last year’s word was Grace (see more at https://www.lynnlovegreen.com/post/update-on-2024-watchword-grace ), and it helped me to show grace as I moved through the world.   This year’s word is perseverance.   Perseverance: from Merriam Webster: continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition : the action or condition or an instanc

Note: This was first posted on the Romancing the Genres blog. Image from Stencil I love to read, as most writers do. I have eclectic...

Happy Winter Solstice!   Not sure what that is? Briefly, Winter Solstice is the day when the noon sun is at its lowest altitude and we...

Every year, I pick a watchword to focus on. This year, it was GRACE.   As I said in January, “Merriam Webster has several definitions for...

Southcentral Alaska doesn't have extreme darkness like the Arctic--we only get down to about four and a half hours of daylight at Winter...

Note: This was orginally posted on Romancing the Genres. Check out their blog at https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com November is a...

It’s Indigenous Peoples Month, or Native American Heritage Month if you prefer that term. I have two items that will help you add to your...

The second week of November is National Young Readers Week! It started with a Pizza Hut promotion, then became a national celebration of...

Several years ago, my husband and I were on a trip during the World Series. We had dinner in a sports bar, where everyone was watching...

Are you media literate? Have you thought about what that means? October 21-24, 2024 is the United States Media Literacy Week, a great...

My husband and I recently traveled to England. I got to plan this trip, so we made what he called "pilgrimages" to three special places:...

What is Teen Tober, you ask? It’s a celebration of teens and teen library services sponsored by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services...

Alaska Book Week is a celebration of Alaska books and authors. Sponsored by the Alaska Center for the Book, events are held around the...