Accounting for Dogs
February 3, 2014Nancy Ling is an Outreach Librarian at the Morrill Memorial Library. Read the published version of Nancy Ling’s column in the January 30, 2014 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin. As with many children growing up in the seventies, I had a love of dogs that began with one television show—Lassie. Didn’t ...
Read more...My Ten LONG Resolutions
January 10, 2014~I will clean the house less frequently, because one child reading a picture book of mine at bedtime is worth all the dust bunnies in the world. ~I will invite more people over to dinner this year than last so I can eat my husband’s fabulous cooking more often. ~I will finish “the novel” I started because ...
Read more...I Write for Days Like These
November 7, 2013When I wrote My Sister, Alicia May, I had a specific reader in mind. Surprisingly, I didn’t write solely for the Alicia Mays out there in the world. While I did want to give a voice to those children who have Down syndrome, I wanted to reach the child who was the brother or sister ...
Read more...What I Would Say
October 3, 2013Nancy Ling is an Outreach Librarian at the Morrill Memorial Library. Read the published version of Nancy Ling’s column in the September 27, 2013 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin. The problem was it happened in a split second, as these things do. I was late and dashing out the door for ...
Read more...Where Have All the Good Dads Gone?
June 15, 2013For all of you living in a hole, Sunday is Father’s Day. Along with thoughts of ties and drills, I’m thinking about books and characters. I can’t help it. Authors do these things. I’m also contemplating fathers in literature. Well, not just any dads, good dads. What I’ve realized is . . . they’re hard ...
Read more...My Visit with Kelly Belmonte and All Nine Muses
May 3, 2013Had a lovely visit over at All Nine Muses today with Kelly Belmonte on her Fridays with Friends. http://allninemuses.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/fridays-with-friends-nancy-tupper-ling-pays-attention/
Read more...Raise a Glass, and then What?
December 28, 2012It’s that time of year again. You’ve found yourself smack dab in the middle of the holidays. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, there is a chance that you might be called upon to give a toast, especially if you are hosting a party. Perhaps this year you’ll blow the socks off ...
Read more...First Steps
November 21, 2012It began on a trip to Alaska. I read about a library in a small town that provided books to the newborns in their local hospital. “Hey,” I thought. “We have a hospital in Norwood. Why not do the same thing?” I wanted to jump right in. As soon as I ...
Read more...The Art of Journaling
September 18, 2012When I was ten years old, my family took a trip to Nova Scotia. I decided to bring along my new diary. It had blue and orange stripes and the all-important lock on the outside. The pages were gold-tipped, and soon the sparkles were flaking onto me and the backseat of the car. When ...
Read more...Going for Gold
August 7, 2012Like many of you, I’ve been sitting on my couch each night, mesmerized by display after display of Olympic achievement. Whether watching Michael Phelps sweep the all-time Olympic gold record or Gabby Douglas wow the judges on bars, I have this distinct thought: there’s no way, given an eternity to train, that I could accomplish ...
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Children’s Author and Poet