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Summer Writing Journal: Week 3

Posted on June 23, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Week 3 Squash: I just like saying that word out loud: Squash. Go find a vegetable and draw a picture of it. To accompany your art work, I’m looking for a poem again, or else five adjectives. Do you like … Continue reading →

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Charleston: Some guided reading

Posted on June 20, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I’m grateful to friends who have shared thoughtful words about Charleston this week as I continue to try to process things. The three that have helped my understanding the most I’m sharing here: A column from Gene Patterson, written in 1963, … Continue reading →

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Summer Writing Journal: Week 2

Posted on June 14, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Here are some more writing prompts for week 2. I’m going to go ahead and put it up now, as everyone’s summer is different. (Ours, for instance, hasn’t started yet. But in Blacksburg I’m pretty sure our friends finished school … Continue reading →

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Summer Journals

Posted on June 13, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

So I may have mentioned to some of you that I burned my diary when I was in high school. This turned out to be a bad thing, because the feelings that ended up in ashes are feelings I can now … Continue reading →

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Good luck charms

Posted on May 29, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Long, long ago, when the year still began with 19, my friend Chris OBrion gave me my favorite piece of book swag ever: a keychain in the likeness of Squid from Squids Will Be Squids (John Scieszka and Lane Smith). … Continue reading →

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