Bugs, Bullies and Ramona Convent

I love Ramona.



I even wrote about Ramona and Beverly Cleary for the Huffington Post.



(You can read the rest of it HERE. Or watch me read it HERE.)

But on a recent sunny Southern California day, I had another Ramona on my mind . . .



Yes! I was invited to speak about bullies at Ramona Convent in Alhambra, CA. (In WARP SPEED, the main character is bullied every day.)

Peepy and I received a wonderful, warm welcome from the students and their mascot . . .





Nearby Brightwood Elementary and Marguerita Elementary Schools were invited.



I was a student at Brightwood from first to eighth grade. That's were Mr. Glick, the "teacher torturer" in Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time taught.


(Above: A not-so-scary Mr. Glick.)

Here are all the students . . .



And look! It's the Ramona Convent Book Club and their MARVELOUS librarian, Aniko Tegtmeier. Thank you for your gracious hospitality!



In other news, I had dinner with my black-belt-lawyer-agent Jodi Reamer recently. We made sure our clothes matched our background . . .


(Jodi was much better behaved than the last time we had dinner together.)

Speaking of dinner, I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving!



Mine was a billion times better than sniffing a stink bug! I know. I caught and smelled one. If you don't believe me, look here . . .


(Over on Facebook, I had post a photo of a bug that was plaguing me. Lots of people weighed in. You can read the stink bug discussion HERE.)

Oh! Oh! Last thing, for now, I promise. I got a space shuttle sign from HERE. Can you spot the shuttle sign?



As you might suspect, I am OBSESSED with the Endeavour Space Shuttle. And witnessed HERE and HERE.