Harvard Graduation — A Love Story
A Note from Hope, publisher, Inkandescent Kids magazine — It has been a year since I watched my son Dylan walk across the graduation stage at Harvard in May 2025. And what a year it has been! In August, he landed his first big job at the New York City-based architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners. On August 8, I launched Inkandescent Kids magazine.
So it’s only fitting that we host a giant first birthday celebration! Please mark your calendar for August 8, 2026, when from noon to 4pm at Elaine’s Literary Salon in Alexandria, VA, we’ll be bringing more than a dozen children’s book authors in to share their work. We’ll also be featuring student musicians and artists — and there will be a photography booth with our Inkandescent videographer and photographer Anna Gibbs, craft projects, and a buffet of delicious kid-friendly food from Elaine’s restaurant. We can’t wait!
About Elaine’s: I have the privilege of running the Salon with my business partner, bestselling thriller novelist Jeffrey James Higgins, where we celebrate authors around the country. At the party, we’ll celebrate kids and their dreams. For now, I invite you to read my love …
