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Category Archives: My Thoughts

Writing Poetry Exercises

I’m writing another poetry book! 120 poems isn’t just a cake walk (hmm…”Cake Walk” sounds like a fun poem title). Sometimes my muse flies off into the sunset and leaves me sitting in the dark, wondering what I’m going to write about. I found this page and bookmarked it for times I’m low on inspiration. […]

Plagiarizing Personalities? Why kids need writing skills!

Wall Street Journal had a very interesting article about a new Internet phenomenon.  The explosion of online dating and networking sites has created a new form of plagiarism, and it’s not pretty.  People desperate to impress are apparently cut-n-pasting themselves an extreme personality makeover! According to the WSJ article:
“Among the 125 million people in the U.S. […]

Snow, Montana and Horses

We made our lazy horses work the other day. I got out the camera to take pictures of other people on horses (I don’t ride much).  Snow, Montana and horses, need I saw more? This is my husband, Scott.  Doesn’t he look like a real Montana Cowboy? The horse’s name is Bugs.  He’s pretty big […]

E.B. White: Death of a Pig, Birth of a Classic Children’s Novel?

You know, of course, that E.B. White wrote classic children’s novels like Charlotte’s Web and The Trumpet of the Swan. As a child I enjoyed Charlotte’s Web quite a lot. In my favorites it ranked just above Are You There God it’s Me Margaret and below The Chronicles of Narnia (everything ranked below Narnia until […]