Show: ‘The Sounds of the Symphony’ with Host Marci Asher-Whalen on Whitewater Community Television – Trailer Description: A new ‘The Sounds of the Symphony’ with Host Marci Asher-Whalen will air Monday, August 1 at 8:30PM on WETV, channel 20. This month’s guest will be Amy Noe & Connie Wooldridge. Start Time: 8:30pm Date: 2011-08-01 We… [Read More]
If Kids Can’t Read
July 25, 2011 By
If kids can’t read, this writer is out of a job. Which is why this writer was up bright and early last Friday morning to greet 100 students who, at the end of their third grade year, were not reading at grade level. If kids can’t read by the end of their third grade year,… [Read More]
Serious Research
July 14, 2011 By
Writing for children often means doing serious research. I brought my husband along on a research trip just last weekend. I carefully observed two little boys, one aged two, the other aged four. I observed as they woke from their naps, the older boy dapper and ready to meet the world, the younger temporarily speechless… [Read More]
Book Signing – National Road / Zane Grey Museum in Norwich, OH
July 14, 2011 By
What: Book Signing – Norwich, OH Location: National Road / Zane Grey Museum Description: Connie will be selling and signing books at the Antique Transportation Event. When: 10/1/11 – 1pm – 4pm
Book Signing – Books By The Banks in Cincinnati, OH on 10/22/11
July 14, 2011 By
What: Book Signing – Books By The Banks in Cincinnati, OH Location: Books by the Banks at Duke Energy Center Description: Connie will be participating in Books by the Banks at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. When: 10/22/11 – 10am-4pm
Fighting for Democracy in the Bagel Shop
July 5, 2011 By
My assignment: An article on the Development of Democracy covering ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the years surrounding the Revolutionary War in the U.S. Length: 1400 words First draft delivery date: Four weeks I commandeer my usual table at the Fifth Street Bagel Shop and set to work. I start with the ancient Greeks to… [Read More]
Twenty Years
June 27, 2011 By
Twenty years ago, my husband and I, our four children, and our basset hound, Wobegon closed the door to our house in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania for the very last time and drove to our new home in Richmond, Indiana. I was sporting a full leg cast (a skating accident…don’t ask!) so I had to sit in… [Read More]
Backyard Stories
June 20, 2011 By
In 2004, I signed up for a Highlights Foundation Workshop on writing nonfiction and I grumbled silently for weeks before I set out for Honesdale, PA. The workshop leader, editor Carolyn Yoder, had asked each of us to bring a nonfiction piece about something “in our own backyard.” Up until then I had written about… [Read More]
Tree Calculations
June 13, 2011 By
When I was ten years old, I climbed a tree with my best friend every day of the summer. Its lower branches (all seven of them) began spreading within a foot or two of the the ground and each of them was thicker than the circumference of the two of us when we hugged each… [Read More]
Connie Wooldridge Will Speak to the National Stanley Family Association
June 6, 2011 By
When: Saturday June 25, 2011 Location: Earlham College – 801 National Road West, Richmond, Indiana 47374 Event Description: National Stanley Family Reunion – You are welcome to a weekend of Stanley family fellowship, entertainment, history and interesting family stories and historical sites. Topic: Saturday Evening: “The Story Behind the Stories” by Connie Wooldridge About the… [Read More]