Chautauqua has the most Victorian-style gingerbread of anyplace I’ve ever been! Some of the houses look like they’ve been trimmed with lace. In fact, some of the pretty trims had me wishing for my crochet hook and some yarn. I was sure they would make good crochet laces.
For all the air of the past in Chautauqua, great new ideas are still proposed and discussed there. It was an appropriate setting for our Highlights Foundation Writers Conference, where many new ideas were born. The teachers gave us a good mix of inspiration and step-by-step instruction.
In that week of inspiring and instructional words, my favorite ones were spoken by Bruce Coville, author of many fantastic and magical books for kids:
People who have dreams can change things.
That’s why people who have dreams are dangerous.
And that’s why it is our job to give children dreams.
