Think about what events, experiences, thoughts and conflicts you might capture if you chronicled a year of your life. Be sure to consider what you would most like to remember about your day to day living during this time period. What if you started the project, you were committed to it, and then something traumatic […]
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Wouldn’t it be fun to be an advice columnist? I just purchased Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, which is a collection of the best of the best advice given by Strayed’s once anonymous alter ego, Sugar. I purchased the book for my mom as I have heard great things about it, and the few […]
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Because I read Kevin Brockmeier’s A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A memoir of seventh grade this weekend, I have actually been thinking back quite a bit to my high school days (seventh grade for Kevin was the first year of Junior High). I’ve looked back probably more than I should, or need to. I […]
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When I came across Rona Renner’s Is That Me Yelling? I knew I had to see if what she had to say would be valuable to me personally. You see, I am a mom who chooses to work because I feel it allows me to have a better relationship with my kids. And still, even […]
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In Grade Seven, our classroom had a bookshelf with a small collection of completely random books we could read when we were caught up on our work, or had nothing better to do. I don’t remember what the title was, but there was one book on the shelf about the Battle of Britain, and invariably […]
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