I am the daughter of Basra, ... We will never lose our kindness.

I am the daughter of Basra, ... We will never lose our kindness.

I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up read more

I'm very pleased with my performance and being up there with Karin and Joane, both of whom I look up to, is great. I hope to be in their seats in future years.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

It feels kind of good to come through the back door, score some points for the team and finish third.

It feels kind of good to come through the back door, score some points for the team and finish third.

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going read more

The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.

This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the read more

This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.

That's what we needed. We have to get stops to run the floor. They did a good job of controlling read more

That's what we needed. We have to get stops to run the floor. They did a good job of controlling the tempo in the first half, and it took us out of our game.

But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer,

But the bottom line is every mayor wants to make their city safer,

That was probably one of the most memorable things. I'd say they're the best crowd for that.

That was probably one of the most memorable things. I'd say they're the best crowd for that.