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Well, it has been a very busy week at school – the summative week with my beloved 1st semester classes. I truly mean it – I have adored my classes this semester. So this week has been both stressful and emotional. …
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Disney – Pooh Reaching For Honey (Photo credit: Express Monorail)
I’m not sure what I was thinking, but I’ve managed to find another honey pot to stick my head in. I’m not sure if it is another form of procrastination – which I have a PH.D.…
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He stared. He glared. His lip pursed. His forehead crinkled. He was silent. “What’s wrong bud?” I queried as I busily put away the dishes.
“Are you and dad Santa?” the silence was broken with a knockdown punch. …
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Taunted by bears and moose above the escarpment, beyond the creek.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...It is such an honour to be asked by a graduating group to be the teacher, among such incredible teachers, who gets to give the speech at the Grad dinner. I thank you for thinking of me.
So, my dear graduating class of 2012 – you and I have travelled quite the road together that has been fraught with peril and wonder. …
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I believe that whatever work we are given to do, or we choose to do – we do it with passion!
As a young child my beloved, eccentric grandmother, Marie Kelly, engaged me in the process of reading on our weekend dates.…
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QUOTATION EXCERPT from To Kill a Mockingbird:
The Radley Place jutted into a sharp curve beyond our house. Walking south, one faced its porch; the sidewalk turned and ran beside the lot. The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it.…
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Cover of Australia
This is a piece I wrote a few years ago after seeing the film AUSTRALIA. Last night I watched it again and decided to post this piece.
AUSTRALIA – “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
~A Personal Response~
Every once in a long while comes an epic film that completely sweeps me off my feet.…
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I have spent the better part of my life being keenly aware and proud of the feminist movement. My mother was a hard-working nurse throughout my childhood, and my grandmother also was a widowed working woman for an insurance company, once owned by my deceased grandfather; their example and wisdom taught me much about the feminist movement for rights and liberty.
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...It seems that when inspiration collides head-long into loneliness and self-doubt – I find myself lofting into the great unknown. The last serious life-changing collision was in the Spring of 2002 – where I met my husband in an online dating service after a lonely Easter weekend. …
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