August 18, 2015
![This bird needs a hanky. By Aaron Logan [CC BY 1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://flood.lunadomo.com/wp-content/uploads/Lightmatter_flamingo2.jpg)
Flamingos are one of the few land creatures that can drink salt water and live. That is because they excrete (get rid of) the deadly salt by crying.
Flamingos cry salty tears. Water and salty tears keep them alive and healthy.
As a fish-brain surgeon or a rodeo poem wrangler, I have loved stories. I strongly believe that words – in poetry or prose – help heal our hearts and give us new eyes to see the world. I was first a research psychologist studying brain development at the University of Minnesota and London University before following my passion – writing for children. Learn more…