All Posts By

Dana VanderLugt

The Tender Months

My first novel comes out in the fall. Written for a middle-grade audience, it’s a novel in verse that grew from the seed of a

Read More »

Wintering

The first time you seesomething die, you won’t know it mightcome back… -Maggie Smith, First Fall It’s been a cloudy, cloudy month in these parts. 

Read More »

Drawing a Line

I was lying in bed last Sunday, scrolling through Facebook, and debating whether to get up and start the day, when I came across a

Read More »

Postcard from the Lake

My family and I recently went camping on the shores of Lake Michigan. I spent every second I could next to that big, beautiful body

Read More »

Roller Skates and Blue Dresses

I was in first grade when my grandmother won the award for “youngest grandma” at my elementary school’s Grandparent’s Day assembly. I remember getting up

Read More »