Ferida Wolff
Ferida Wolff is author of 21 children’s books and three essay books, her latest being Rachel’s Roses, illustrated by Margeaux Lucas. New York: Holiday House, Available August 20, 2019. 112 pages. 
Her work appears in anthologies, newspapers, magazines, in seniorwomen.com and in her nature blog, http://feridasbackyard.blogspot.com. A book, Chicken Soup for the Soul Married Life, contains two of her essays.
Visit her at www.feridawolff.com.
Horse, Horse, Tiger, Tiger
armed with our new linguistic knowledge, we headed off on our own into the shops that lined Nanjing Road, a major shopping area in Shanghai. In one shop, we pointed to a fan. The clerk took it from its case to show to us. We looked it over and carefully said in our best Mandarin, "Mao, mao, hoo, hoo." The clerk's eyes widened. She backed away into the protection of the other clerks who were standing around stone-faced trying to decipher our intentions. more »
Call Me Woman Who Swims With Turtles
Ferida Wolff writes: They have always been seen as mystical creatures, a symbol of longevity and bring good luck into a house. Some say that if you dream of a turtle, it foretells of an incident that will bring amusement or an improvement in business. more »
Blending In
Ferida Wolff writes:
My husband and I went on vacation to a place both foreign and familiar
to me — the Middle East. The foreign aspect was that I had not been in
that part of the world before. The familiar part had to do with my
paternal family. My… more »
With Hammocks in Mind
Ferida Wolff writes, It is winter, now, and the maple branches are bare of
leaves. I have been yearning for a step-back-in-time hammock, a return to a
place of beginning and exploration, where one hammock could embrace a whole
family and that fami… more »
