Write On!

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My favorite deep purple over-stuffed chair beckoned me. The pizza guy just delivered my favorite pizza…extra cheese, onions, and garlic. Mmmmmmm. Who has two thumbs and ain’t afraid of no garlic?

Me!  And my high school BFF, Martha, who happens to be doing some really cool things with literacy. Apparently, she also really likes french fries.

Read her blog, A Reel Cool Summer, buy her books, and follow her writing prompts to get your kiddoes writing!

I’m a good girl, and followed her prompt for Week 13 although I think there’s a typo there. It’s to age 50, right?

Thru age 5:  Mom or Dad can help you write down your favorite animal, color, and food.  And the name of a person you love and your favorite book.  My purple guinea pig reads The Cat in the Hat while Bego and I eat pizza!  What’s your silly story, little one?  PARENTS:  Just because very young children can’t actually write down their stories, doesn’t mean they can’t make them up.  Have your child dictate a story to you.  Write it out or type it on your computer and have him or her draw some illustrations for it.  That’s a fun activity for both of you!

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Hey Geeks! Identify this!

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I admit that when I see that top bumper sticker a part of me gets really annoyed. Some snark wants to make it’s way out, but I squash it and just roll my eyes.

So when I saw this bumper sticker and noticed there was a second one under it proposing more of the same tired rhetoric, I had a different knee-jerk response. You see, I noticed, from far away, that the Cross had been replaced with something that looked kind of like a cross but wasn’t, and my dander got up.

And then, I got up close enough to see this epic call for peace.

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Can you name all the universes represented here?

 

what are your dreams?

So the internet has been abuzz over this amazing little film about Giving.

If you haven’t seen it, you must have been hiding under a rock. Here’s your chance.

But tucked in behind all the hype, I discovered this gem. Check it out.

I dream of one day returning to the land where I was born. Even if I’m 81 and deaf 🙂

 

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