Monthly Archives: November 2011

The First Snowfall of the Season

Posted on November 23, 2011 by chichikir

My daughter says that every time it snows, she thinks of Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ which is one of her favorites. Except, since we don’t live near any woods, rather than stopping to “watch … Continue reading →

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The Little Things In Life

Posted on November 9, 2011 by chichikir

Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things.”  When my children were younger and I was teaching full time, I used to complain about having too much … Continue reading →

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The Page

Posted on November 2, 2011 by chichikir

In his book ‘The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction’ Barnaby Conrad starts his chapter on ‘How Do You Become A Writer’ by writing: “A suspect statistic from an unreliable source declares that only one American out of 50,000 reads a … Continue reading →

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