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Braces; by Holly
“No! No!” I heard people say I felt sweat drip down my face my mouth went completely dry when they said ” Holly!” The dentist sat me down in a big chair and told me to wait. I… more →
Mr. Verbeck's 07-08 Class Writing Page
Christmas break
wrote 1 week ago: Uncooked Data is taking a break for Christmas and will be back in the New Year with more events news … more →
Safer for who?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Driving cross town today from the hip urban food cart her father works out to my ranch home in Tigar … more →
Who Decides Your Family Story?
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I was teaching a class on novel-writing. One student was writing about three generations of women wh … more →
137. When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco
wrote 1 month ago: Retell: Patricia Polacco describes a fun-filled family reunion where the adults challenge the kids t … more →
Post Sabbatical Journal: Little Yellow Road
wrote 1 month ago: HOME STUDIO: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009 Gorse Before Cappanawalla An Boithrin Bui Today, I’m … more →
Changing Landscape of the Information Profession
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wrote 1 month ago: This event was my first taste of being part of a panel. I rather enjoyed myself and hope everyone el … more →
Disappear? Shed Your Identity? Start Over As Someone Else?
wrote 1 month ago: Who hasn’t thought about it? Yes, but how hard is it for someone to disappear in the digital a … more →
History of the internet
wrote 1 month ago: Something (can’t remember what, there are too many things!) pointed me in the direction of thi … more →
Control of the Narrative
wrote 1 month ago: This is a painting from back in 2002 titled Muse. It was part of a series I was painting at that ti … more →
Change & Personal Narratives
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wrote 1 month ago: “There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus As a child, I didn’t know much about change … more →
126. Strong to the Hoop by John Coy
wrote 1 month ago: Retell: James has always wanted to play basketball on the main court. Knowing that he’s too y … more →
Psychogeography and Personal Narrative Animation
wrote 2 months ago: For this project, I am think of playing with the metaphor of “falling” asleep. I want to … more →
Using THE word in class... Writing workshop!!
wrote 2 months ago: I finally introduced the word writing workshop to my students. We went through what a typical writin … more →
115. Tea With Milk by Allen Say
wrote 2 months ago: Retell: Masako is a Japanese-American who moves to Japan after spending her childhood in America. A … more →
I Was So Much Older Then, I'm Younger than That Now
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wrote 2 months ago: Image by Super is Sunny* If you tell a story about yourself for a long enough time, you start to bel … more →
Waiting...
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wrote 2 months ago: Waiting is the hardest part… I’ve heard that saying so many times in my life that I don … more →
104. Postcards from a War by Vanita Oelschlager
wrote 2 months ago: Retell: Brian’s mom is in the Air Force. Brian is sad that she has gone away to war. To cons … more →
Tie Yourself Down
wrote 2 months ago: A hundred years ago, there was a legendary “tie yourself down” stretch of railroad along Beaver Cany … more →
Library Routes, or, an accidental librarian
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wrote 3 months ago: Contributing to this project collecting stories about how people became librarians, feels like a ver … more →
