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The Joy and Pain of Writing
" Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard."~David McCullough"The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style."~Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's...
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An Odd Saint Valentine's Day....
This Saint Valentine's Day is unlike any other in my and Keith's 30+ year relationship.I won't be seeing him today.Since his dad (who is 82) had knee replacement surgery just before Thanksgiving and...
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My Favorite Painter: Fra Angelico
Considering that my Master of Arts in English from Catholic University of San Diego was in Medieval Literature (with many courses taught by an amazing nun with a Harvard Ph.D.), it's not surprising...
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Quotations of the Week
I love quotations. Over the past twelve years I have filled one entire journal with quotations, and I started a new quotation journal last August. The old-fashioned name for a quotation journal is a...
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Lent Begins Wednesday!
Lent is a precious, precious time for me--I look forward to it with even more anticipation than Advent and Christmas.Don't get me wrong--I adore Advent and Christmas: the family traditions, the...
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Book Review: Perry's Dorchester Terrace
With my busyness lately, teaching classes at Heritage Class Days and at Brave Writer, not to mention homeschooling two teen boys and writing my third novel (which is coming along far too slowly, thank...
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The Value of Visual Arts
This morning's Daily Reflection from The High Calling is entitled "How Art Helps Me to Be Still." I am reproducing the reflection in its entirety here, or you may click on the Daily Reflection title...
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April Is National Poetry Month!!
Yes, April is National Poetry Month!! Did you hear that?We have an entire month dedicated to reading, writing, and basking in poetry!!So where do we start?2014 National Poetry Month PosterThe Academy...
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Happy 450th Birthday, William Shakespeare!!
Okay, I will confess it right here in public:Hi, my name is Susanne, and I am a Shakespeare Geek. I have the watch to prove it.You see, it all started in my senior year at Granite Hills High School in...
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Poem in Your Pocket Day 2014
As part of National Poetry Month, the wonderfully creative poets and poetry lovers at the Academy of American Poets at poets.org annually hold a day called Poem in Your Pocket Day.On this day, we are...
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I Did It!!!!
Yep, I barely sneaked in under the wire at the last possible second, but I did it!!I wrote 30,000 words during the month of April for Camp NaNoWriMo. :)For those of you not familiar with NaNoWriMo, it...
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Bitten by the Writing Bug...and Quotes of the Week
When I was a child, I loved the idea of becoming a writer. I used to pound away on my mother's old manual typewriter from the early 1960's, but I was usually writing letters from one stuffed animal, my...
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The Venerable Bede and Grading, Grading, Grading....
Grading Essays....Today marks the Saint's Day of The Venerable Bede, one of my favorite English saints. The wonderful Saint-of-the-Day e-mails from AmericanCatholic.org, from which I learn so much...
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Prayers for Memorial Day
My grandfather, Captain Richard E. Farwell, was serving as First Officer on the USS Ward just outside Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Ward fired upon and sank a Japanese...
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A Blessed Ascension Day
Reprinted (with a few alterations) from the Archives....Today is Ascension Day, forty days after Christ's Resurrection, when He gave His final earthly encouragement and directions to His disciples...
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Pentecost: The Joy and Comfort of the Holy Spirit
A repost from the Archives as I frantically attempt to keep up with my wonderful Brave Writer students in our discussions of Romeo and Juliet...I just do not understand something. Why don't evangelical...
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News on 20th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea
"The Greek" Amphitheater at Point Loma Nazarene University, home of The Writers' Symposium by the Sea.Point Loma Nazarene University will host its 20th Annual Writer's Symposium by the Sea in late...
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Trinity Sunday, Father's Day, Anniversary, and Quotes for the Week
Partially from the Archives....The Sunday following Pentecost/Whitsunday is the celebration of the Holy Trinity. Trinity Sunday is a celebration of just one day, and the liturgical color is white,...
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Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Today we remember with solemn thanks two apostles and martyrs of the New Testament Church: Saint Peter and Saint Paul.I think that we get a wonderful perspective on the lives of these two paragons of...
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My Parents' 50th Anniversary
Carl and Judy Lower: June 27, 1964One of the joys of last weekend was celebrating my parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary--50 years of wedded almost-bliss! :) Nearly 100 of their family and closest...
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