Every year on September 15th-ish, there is a celebration of creativity and connectivity known as International Dot Day, based on the fabulous picture book by Peter H. Reynolds, THE DOT (see video of the book here) This year, over ONE and a QUARTER MILLION people, mainly children in schools across 82 nations, are participating in Dot Day. Many well-known authors and illustrators have also contributed Dots to the Celebri-dots website.
A week ago I spent a couple of hours trying desperately to create a dot from my picture book, SNOW GAMES, using Microsoft Word, as I do not have MS Publisher or Photoshop etc on my Mac. I became so frustrated at my technologically inept attempts to come up with a basic circular illustration, that I aborted all and went off to the kitchen to chill and cook supper for two dear friends. The kitchen has always been a place of creativity for me and it was there I had my dot brainwave!
Miss Marple’s Quiche-Dot 2013 ©Joanna Marple
This dot is dedicated to my friend, Anne, whom I love enough to indulge her culinary preferences! Feel free to sign up and join in the connectivity and creativity of this celebration.
In my 20's, with only my guitar and a rucksack, I wandered the continents, immersing myself in the lives of some wonderful people, projects and stories, which changed the way I view my responsibility to others and this earth. Right now I'm a European transplant in the US who writes books for children and young adults. Stories can help us not only navigate our world but can connect us to others, and allow us to inspire and help each other. I believe that equity and empathy should be at the core of our all actions, words, and stories.
I am also a school librarian and I get a kick out of book-matchmaking! And I use the pronouns she/her.
Joanna — I absolutely LOVE your quiche-dot, and I know Anne would appreciate your care in creating an Anne-section of the quiche. That’s friendship!
That dot looks good enough to eat! (It had to be said…) 😉
Thanks, Beth. It was one of those, ‘Dang, I don’t remember if she likes….’ moments.
One of my friends, the dear and wonderful Winnifred, used to keep a little book with all her friends’ food likes and dislikes noted. She served individual salads one day, mine sans tomatoes. I said to her, “I like tomatoes now…” and she said, with obvious dismay, “Now I’m going to have to change my book!” (That’s how I learned that there was a book!)
I don’t know if Anne wants to change her thoughts about tomatoes, but when my cousins were small, their dad (Mum’s brother) told them “It’s National Tomato Week, and everyone has to eat tomatoes once a day.” (He invented National Tomato Week.) By the end of the week, they all liked tomatoes. As an adult, I decided to try it, and lo and behold, it worked for me, too! I now LOVE tomatoes. Disclaimer: This method comes with no guarantee. 😉
I love the notebook idea!
I’m kind of weird in that I have taught myself to like a bunch of foods I previously disliked intensely!
Fortunately Anne does love them in sauce form, if I remember correctly!
Oh my goodness, your culinary dot looks yummy and what a creative idea! We are adding this post to our Dot Day Linky. Love it!
I hope it is okay to add the link (so you know where it is): http://www.stanleyandkatrina.com/2013/09/international-dot-day-linky-share-your.html
Oo, thanks for the add.
Yum! This is a very creative dot idea. It represents the part of you who loves to cook and entertain! I think it is perfect. Anne will appreciate your dot dedication!
Thanks, Pat. My creativity definitely comes out more with a camera or in the kitchen!
My stomach likes your brainwaves!
YUM!
Mmmm quiche! This is the BEST Dot EVER! I love quiche. My mom just showed me how to make one. 🙂 Now I’m hungry…
Yeah, they are pretty straightforward to make Erik, and there are so many variations one can do!
Tastiest looking Dot I’ve come across! We like to make quiche when we have an excess of eggs, but that’s often in the height of summer’s heat when we don’t want to turn the oven on. :} I love sun-dried tomatoes in my quiches too!
Your dot is making me hungry. Tasteful and creative (couldn’t resist). 🙂
Love. This. Dot! Inspired! 🙂