Gifts for Me
Here is what I’ve decided to Gift myself for the New Year (see also: Resolutions, and how to not fear […]
The Importance of Unimportant Things
As I approached the end of a couple of weeks of blessed school vacations, when the most I had to
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Eavesdropping — A Dialog-Writing Exercise
So yesterday in my Novel Writing class, I sent the kids into the commons for the last 20 minutes of
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Open Letter to My Little Girl on Starting High School This Week
You’re doing it. High school. So, natch, I’m doing it – passing out advice. It’s more a list than a
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Capturing the Best Stories
Tonight we have a ladies’ night Literacy activity. We’ve all been instructed to bring a used book to exchange. As obedient
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I Wish I’d Never (a short list)
* I wish I’d never quit piano lessons. This is showing itself in a near-daily battle with the 13-year-old over
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Creative Writing Class
It’s kind of unfair to say, after only a week in school, that I have the most brilliant students in
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Happy Making
Here are things that make me happy. My Husband, he whom I adore, has decided he will love 30 Rock.
Things I forget
To defrost frozen chicken for dinner that I don’t actually love chicken to wipe bathroom baseboards what happened in the
The Are-You-Kidding-Me Section
And a few notes from the Are-You-Kidding-Me section of my life: 1. Kid 1 has been going to a seriously
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