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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One Way?
I’m looking at a picture of a One-Way road sign. And I’m pondering. If a road actually only went one
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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Benefit of the Doubt
I always feel better when I give the benefit of the doubt. Whether I’m assuming that someone didn’t mean offense
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Jefferson and Twitter and Cleverness
Today in eleventh grade English class, we studied the Declaration of Independence. Studied like READ it, aloud, analyzing sentence structure
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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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Blink, blink
So summer happened, as I imagine it did for you. It was lovely and not particularly long. Ireland in June.
Refocusing the Energies
There are times when I find it very easy to huddle on the floor in fetal position feeling overwhelmed by
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Any Body. Every Body.
It’s no secret to anyone who knows us personally that the Wilhites are gifted in Body Issues. I was given
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Critical Myopia
It’s not a big secret. I’m getting totally middle-aged. I’m generally okay with that, except when it comes to the