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Yancy Lael

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Redmond, OR 97756
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Author of The Poison Box

Yancy Lael

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There are really only about 5 (maybe less) places in the world that I desperately want to see before I die. Notre Dame was always, always at the top of that list. . I'm convinced I knew her from a past life. That I visited her before, in a long ago time. . And in this life, she was my first stop in Paris, ten years ago. I saw the flying buttresses from blocks away, and was giddy with excitement. . Inside, she sang just the way I knew she would sing. Filling every space in the world. . No matter how many things were on my "to-see" list, we always ended up back there. Eating crepes outside her doors. Watching teenagers take pictures of one another mid-jump in the courtyard. Circling her gargoyled walls again and again on the very last night we were there because where else would we go? . I'm so grateful she still stands, despite the damage she has sustained. She is a blessing to the whole world. . . . #notredame #paris #notredamecathedral
So, I had my first "book tour" event last Friday. One of my brothers set it up for me at his workplace. Doing a local book tour was on my goal list for this spring, but truth be told, I probably would've chickened out on the whole thing if it hadn't been for him giving me this opportunity. And it was wonderful. I so enjoyed talking about my books and the owls... It inspired me to screw up my courage (just like the reluctant owlet) and reach out to people to see if I can make a few more appearances at other locations. . I feel very lucky to have such a supportive base of family and friends. . . . #thereluctantowlet #booktour #author #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram #childrensbookstagram
Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, and more snow. And more snow. . I went out snowshoeing today through the woods where the owls live and everything looked different. In some places, I was three feet higher than I'd normally be, walking among the trees - that's how much snow was beneath me. I couldn't see where the sage and rabbitbrush were, and as a result, kept stepping too close to them, sinking into the snow wells up to my hips and struggling to get out. . Everything looked different and unfamiliar, and the pathways I'd normally take were mostly impassable due to tree branches hanging low under the weight of the snow, crisscrossing over the trails. . This is an appropriate metaphor for my life right now. I'm buckling up for a challenging month. . . . #snowshoeing #snowshoes #snow #march #winter
Vulnerability hangover today- down to the bone. YES! Magazine published my story on how I enabled White male privilege during my time as a public school teacher. Unintentionally, of course. I wasn't even awake to the sexism I was experiencing for decades let alone being awake to how I was contributing to our White supremacist patriarchy. . And now that it's in print...phew. I didn't expect it to feel so raw. But it's something we have to keep talking about and White people have to look in the mirror again and again. How are we keeping the system alive and how can we dismantle it, instead? . . . #writersofinstagram #writer #racism #patriarchy #feminist #feminism #whitemaleprivilege #whiteprivilege
This is a picture of me and my youngest brother, Chance - the one who contributed photographs to #TheReluctantOwlet. If you look closely, you'll see that I'm holding a library book in my hand. I still remember that book (a biography of Helen Keller), and I remember lying there against that big pillow, lost in the book, while waiting for my mother to call us to dinner. . I remember picturing everything in the book so vividly, and my own imaginative experience being juxtaposed by the realization that Helen Keller couldn't hear or see what I was hearing and seeing in my mind. It was such an intense reading experience. . I've always felt that using the senses while reading is so important. That's why I believe in using real books as much as possible when teaching children how to read. I think it's so important to touch the books. To smell them. To listen to the sound of the pages turning. . And when children are reading, it's so helpful to remind them to stop and close their eyes, thinking about what they just read. Can they hear the sounds the author described? Can they see the sights? Smell the scents? . Think of Helen Keller - that her world opened up when Anne Sullivan helped her connect the feeling of water on her hands with the word W-A-T-E-R. Her senses - even without sight or hearing - were her gateway to communication and literacy. . Our senses are such a gift to us, yet it's so easy to disconnect from them. Help your kids make that connection between feeling, hearing, smelling, seeing, tasting....and READING. Check out the latest Little Owl Literacy video on YouTube today! . . . #littleowlliteracy #literacy #childrensliteracy #teachingkidstoread #teachingchildrentoread #literacypractices #teachreading #readingskills #readingpractices #readingwithkids #usethesenses #newvideo #newvideoalert #video #YouTube #YouTuber #reading #teaching #teachers #parents #homeschooling #education

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Yancy Lael
PO BOx 735
Redmond, OR 97756