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The words you use to start off your message set the tone for the rest of the note. Although the simplest way to address the card is to use your girlfriend's name, think about any pet names or terms of endearment that could make it more personal, suggests Therese Bouchard in the Psych...
I decided to limit myself to a less dramatic colour scheme for my vase this week, after posting a purple and orange one last Monday. While looking around the garden beds on Sunday afternoon I was soooo tempted to add a Tithonia… sadly too late now as we had frost again last night! I...
In times of heart-wrenching tragedy and chaos, it is often educators who find themselves at the forefront of efforts to make sense of a world gone awry. I often reach out to you to recommend books for kids, enlighten you on important people in children’s literature and sometimes comment o...
Today, I just feel tired, so tired. I’m hoping I can make it through tonight’s Convention speeches. Tonight is Secretary Pete and governor Walz, and I’m excited to hear them both. Right this minute however, I feel like I’d just like to go to bed and sleep for a very long ...
Sometimes, though, you’ve got to straighten up and do the dang thang. Throughout the entire series, Claire is faced with triumphs and tribulations so polar they’d make even the most even-keeled person have a melt down in a Target parking lot. Her focus and commitment is undeniable. And...
(much younger) fellow students. None of them asked questions about how to make their work better. But they constantly asked about how you set about getting published. I didn’t get it. I genuinely thought it was hard enough to actually learn something about the craft of writing, and to ...
Yesterday, the supreme court ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple. The baker insisted gay marriage went against his religion. Even more than faith over love, now we’re talking about faithagainstlove. It’s religion I can hardly recognize, much...
Many of the writers I’ve taught in the past struggle with creating things that are unique. Commonly, fiction writers who want to be published aim toward genres with certain conventions and tropes, which make the book sellable. This tendency is good for saleability, but it can make a writer...
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