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Review: Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 6
My review today is for Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 6, a writing course for 6th graders published by Evan-Moor.
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Review: Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5
Today, I’m reviewing Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 5, a writing course for 5th graders published by Evan-Moor.
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Preserving Camping Memories
Our first camping trip of the season this year was on Mother’s Day weekend. We decided, kinda on the spur of the moment, to go to Yakima (about 3.5 hours away) and connect with our niece and her family who live over there. Yakima is in the high desert part of Washington State, known for its orchards and wineries, but…
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Of Bookshops and Long-Lost Cousins
When I grow up I want to be a writer. More specifically, a novelist. I really do. I know I’ve been saying that for awhile but I’m still working on it. I haven’t always wanted to be a writer, though. When I was younger my big dream was to own a bookstore. I never had the capital for that, and…
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Reading Goals
I guess I don’t need to tell you that reading is a lot easier than writing, do I? For me, reading is somewhat like breathing. I don’t “make time for it.” I don’t “discipline myself to read.” It just happens. Writing, on the other hand, does take discipline. And time. And thought. At this season of my life time seems to…
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Review – A Light So Lovely
(Obligatory Disclosure: I received a copy of A Light So Lovely in exchange for my review. This post also contains affiliate links.) As a lifelong avid reader I have read many, many books. I know I read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’engle long ago, probably as a teen. I just vaguely remember the story line. It wasn’t my cup of…
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Of Writers and Coffee
Six years ago I had the privilege of attending the Northwest Christian Writers’ conference with my friend Susan Marlow. That year I took the Greyhound bus over to Seattle, which was an adventure itself. I learned so much at the conference and enjoyed it thoroughly, but scheduling conflicts and other circumstances prohibited me from attending again. Until this year. Several months ago…
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Five Things Friday
Here it is Friday already and I haven’t written a blog post all week. It seems other projects have a way of creeping into my days and writing gets put on the back burner. Today is no exception, but just for fun I thought I’d join in the “Five Things Friday” theme and share a few random things that you might…
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Pinterest-Inspired Bible Journaling
I’m still in the process of figuring out my preferred style of artistic Bible journaling. Right now I’m in practice mode and I’ve been saving a bunch of Bible journaling images I like on Pinterest. I’ve been finding encouragement in the Psalms lately. (Actually, always. Don’t you love the Psalms?) So I’ve been practicing my lettering and graphic design skills by…
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State of the Blog
Every now and then someone in real life will tell me that they love my blog. I’m usually a little surprised because often I didn’t even know they knew about it or read it. I have my blog set to automatically share my posts on my Facebook page and I know a lot of my readers follow it that way.…
