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Interpreting Kidspeak

Posted in Children, Emotions/Inner World, Fantasies, Fear, Growing up, Music, School, Writing on November 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »

11 year old son: “What are you going to write about today?” Older than she likes to be mother: “I don’t know. What should I write about?” Son: “Oooh, cheesy gophers!” This is what I get for asking an 11 year old for this week’s writing spark.

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The Zombie Apocalypse – Thinking Girl Style

Posted in Authors/Quotes, Beauty, Books, Film, Football, Natural Disaster, Photos, Pornography, Sexuality, Television, Zombies on November 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Not too long ago – in the time of my youth, let’s say – zombies, vampires and werewolves only rarely populated popular fiction. Each offered a slightly different variant for errant unconscious sexual and aggressive fantasies. Flash forward a few mere decades and the undead are a cultural phenomenon.

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The Mists of Asphalt

Posted in Aging, Books, Emotions/Inner World, Fantasies, Girls, Grandparents, Women on October 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I think I saw a faerie the other day. I wasn’t expecting to, but no one sees faeries by setting out to do so. First I saw only her car: boxy and angular, the white exterior paint dulled slightly with age. A regal anomaly among the sleek, smooth, rounded vehicles that dominate the road. My […]

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Middle School Memoir

Posted in Authors/Quotes, Children, Dreams, Emotions/Inner World, Growing up, School, Writing on October 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The sixth grade Language Arts curriculum at my son’s school requires students to write a memoir. At age 11, there are only so many significant, story-worthy events these kids have experienced.

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