{"id":4247,"date":"2017-01-22T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T06:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2017-01-19T22:40:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T04:40:23","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-518-the-im-at-midwinter-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4247","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #518, the I’m-at-Midwinter Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dearest Imps, I should probably apologize that two<\/em> Sundays in a row now I’ve had no art for you (though I DO HAVE KICKS TODAY!). Last week I was down for the count with some sort of cold\/flu\/heaven-only-knows-what, and this weekend I’m at ALA Midwinter<\/a><\/strong>. I’m typing this on Thursday night, as I’m leaving Friday and will be there until the big awards announcements<\/a><\/strong> on Monday. <\/p>\n

I’ll be moderating a picture book panel discussion on Saturday, which will be fun. I’m also awfully excited that, for the first time, I’ll get to be in the room where the awards are announced. I always watch the live webcast from home every year, so this will be a blast. Best of all, a friend gave me some badges for my family to be able to join me at (some of) the conference, so my daughters, who are big readers, will get to see the exhibit floor (with ALL THE BOOKS SO MANY BOOKS), as well as hear the awards announcements with me. <\/p>\n

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I don’t mean to slight the other distinguished awards by having only the Caldecott Medal pictured here, but you know I love my picture books and often write about picture books, so I get the most<\/em> excited about the big Caldecott Award. Don’t get me wrong, though: I’m very eager to hear the others, too. As for the Caldecott, your guess is as good as mine! It seems to be a wild-card year. <\/p>\n

I promise on all that is good and dear in this world that, barring any unforeseen and kick-less tragedies, I shall have art for you next Sunday!<\/p>\n

Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome.<\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> President Obama and his family. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> On my way into Midwinter, I’ll stop to visit my nephew at his college in northern Georgia. My nephew is pretty stinkin’ great.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> I thought Terry Gross’s recent interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones<\/a><\/strong> was a good conversation, and it gave me a lot to think about. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Laura Marling<\/a><\/strong> has shared another new song (coming from her March album), and it’s so good I may have listened to it about 7,000 times this week:
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