There's a little homeless guy that walks around town. At first he avoided eye contact, but I went out of my way one day to say "hi" to him. Now when we pass each other, he looks our way in at least semi-eager expectation, waiting for the friendly voice. Not that we're the only...
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...we decided to change direction with respect to our main characters. We thought we had a good idea, but as the story developed, we all began to like different people. The bad-asses began to take a back seat to the nerds, geeks and punks. We actually started to pull for the underdogs.
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These photos depict a sampling of major players in the story. There are heroes and villains in each of the character groups. This group contains regular people and, uh...others.
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Ten great reasons for kids to write, according to third grade teacher, Mrs. Ferguson. Great. We have nothing to add.
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I thought of the Roadies at concerts we've attended. Now those guys are Organized with a capital "O". I watched them recently as they switched equipment between bands; every person had tasks and every person performed their tasks accurately and deliberately. Each person stayed out of the way of the others. Change time between...
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...you never want your mind to grow stagnant. Reading stimulates the brain. That's the scientist in me making that statement (although I'm not a scientist). The artist in me appreciates that the writer paints a picture with words. Both of my daughters have the same love for reading. They devour the latest bestsellers at a...
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