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I took a time out this morning and volunteered to lead a reading group in my daughter’s 3rd grade classroom. They were studying action verbs or, as Mrs. Pappas called them, Wow Verbs. They started with a story full of boring words like went, got and going. Within 20 minutes, the stories were full of dancing, swishing, galloping, skidding, racing action. I could even hear the difference in their voices as they read their action-packed versions. These new stories were fun, even exciting.

On the drive home, I started thinking about how we as adults tell our own stories. (more…)

I have a bad case of writer’s block. Here’s how bad it is. Last night, instead of facing the blinking blank page on my laptop, I chose to clean the cat’s liter box. But then a re-run of the British TV show, “How to Look Good Naked,” saved my blog.

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