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Bellport Children's Festival 2019 recap
My quirky storytelling festival, in collaboration with actress, model and activist, Isabella Rossellini, held all the hallmarks of a cult...
elizabethvstarkey
May 11, 20222 min read
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Stuffed animal stories
A little taste of my stuffed animal stories published on @bellportkidfest
elizabethvstarkey
May 24, 20191 min read
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Isabella Rossellini and Elizabeth are back plotting and planning this summer's Bellport Kid Fest
Working with Isabella Rossellini is a joy and rare treat. As we plot the festival's program and shape, our collaboration feeds off our...
elizabethvstarkey
Apr 1, 20191 min read
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Save The Date!
We're back at Isabella's Farm for our 4th whimsical kidlit festival! Save the date: Saturday, 20th July, 2019. Our festival is tiny....
elizabethvstarkey
Mar 9, 20191 min read
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Rain names
England's climate is complex but we can always count on rain. No wonder we have so many wet words. Here are a few I use myself :) 1. Rain...
elizabethvstarkey
May 30, 20182 min read
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Ode To Nigel No Mates
On the coast of Mana Island, Where the surfers fear to go, In a cliff above the sea, Lived a bird who had a beau...
elizabethvstarkey
Feb 6, 20181 min read
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Shetland Isles: my 5 yr old's fight
After Sumburgh, we drifted north to our campsite near Hillswick. The empty road took us through rolling grassy hills and past white cottages
How We Got Our Summer Scars
Jan 5, 20186 min read
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Shetland Isles: Puffins
Our Puffin Express left the spires of Edinburgh and set off for Aberdeen to catch the overnight ferry to the Shetland Isles. Our mission? To
How We Got Our Summer Scars
Nov 27, 20175 min read
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Adventure In A Family Van or How We Got Our Summer Scars
Over the summer, I took my three children on a seven week road trip around Britain's wild spots, exploring the island north to south, we
elizabethvstarkey
Oct 9, 20173 min read
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Wish me luck!
Announcing a family road trip around Britain. Are we noble or nutty? To combat 'city-living syndrome' and nature deficit disorder, t
elizabethvstarkey
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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Bellport & Brookhaven Children's Book Festival 2016
Bellport residents flocked to hear celebrated illustrator, Jessie Hartland, upcycle author, Brian Yanish and Brookhaven Free Library's t
elizabethvstarkey
Nov 18, 20161 min read
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Forgotten art of having fun
Port Eliot, Southern England What I would do to bring back this kind of reckless frivolity. Whoa! A cafe run by children for children: no...
elizabethvstarkey
Mar 14, 20161 min read
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Old favorites
Favorite children's book of all time - My definitely, permanently, favorite is Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense. On my first date with my...
elizabethvstarkey
Mar 8, 20161 min read
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Bellport & Brookhaven Children's Book Festival 2015
UK's recent flurry of creative and literary festivals - think Hay, Womad, Green Man, or Port Eliot - makes me twitch with envy. Who...
elizabethvstarkey
Feb 12, 20161 min read
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Right book, right nook
Tricky books beg to be read in bed. Light, thin books are superior on the subway. Romantic sequels beg to be read in bed. Books with shiny &
elizabethvstarkey
Feb 12, 20163 min read
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Snapshot of my nightstand
This is not staged. Ok, I did take away my earplugs. The rest is real. Including the dusty silk flowers my mother sent me years and years...
elizabethvstarkey
Feb 1, 20162 min read
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