Take a Mental Vacation – Part I
October 20th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserTAKE A MENTAL VACATION – WRITING EXERCISE, PART I WRITE A VOCABULARY POEM! NaBloWriMo Post Number 14 by Sarah Gunning Moser Ever been stuck on a writing assignment? Take heart. Sometimes, you just need to take a little vacation…even if it’s only a mental one. How? Well, follow me through the mist of “writer’s block”. […]
Read More >>Take a Mental Vacation – Part II
October 19th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserTAKE A MENTAL VACATION – PART II NoBloWriMo Post 15 Welcome back! Yesterday, I promised you I would teach you the five steps necessary to write a vocabulary poem. They are the prerequisites to take your mental vacation. If you follow them exactly, you will find freedom in your writing and your thinking that you […]
Read More >>Five Reasons I Love Being Grandma
October 18th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning Moser5 REASONS I LOVE BEING GRANDMA NoBloWriMo Post 13 ** It is like having my own children small again, but with the added wisdom of years of parenting lessons learned. ** I love watching my child be a parent and see her gain that perspective of life. ** I can see the world […]
Read More >>Children Who Become Readers…
October 15th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning Moser“CHILDREN WHO BECOME READERS…” NaBloWriMo Post 12 NY Times Bestselling Author, Debbie Macomber, from Port Orchard, Washington, recently published a new book called Once Upon a Time, one of her excellent nonfiction books replete with her signature openness and warmth. On page 34 of the book, she remarked upon something about children that bears repeating: […]
Read More >>Sounding Off: Pet Peeves III
October 13th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserSOUNDING OFF ABOUT MANNERS: PET PEEVES III NaBloWriMo Post 10 I continue to get wonderful feedback on this blog post series. It is always nice to know posts are not falling into a cyber-hole somewhere. I hope you will enjoy reading this one, too. Several of you have sent me some of your favorite pet […]
Read More >>Sounding Off: Pet Peeves II
October 12th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserSOUNDING OFF ABOUT MANNERS: PET PEEVES II NaBloWriMo Post 9 A DECIDED LACK OF MANNERS I promised you the Pet Peeves II list today, and I shall deliver. I suspect most of these peeves are some of yours, too. If you think I left an important one out about minding one’s manners, please leave a […]
Read More >>A MANNERLY INTRODUCTION
October 11th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserSOUNDING OFF ABOUT MANNERS: INTRODUCTION NaBloWriMo Post 8 PET PEEVES, CONTINUED So far during this 2013 NaBloWriMo, the post generating the most comments so far was my Pet Peeves post a few days ago. I had so much fun with that one I think I will publish two more lists after today. The next blog […]
Read More >>Word Geek: Viewpoint
October 9th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserWORD GEEK: VIEWPOINT – It’s Not What You’ve Heard NaBloWriMo Post 6 This is a post is for my fellow word geeks: those who love the English language, care about the growing rate of functional illiteracy in the United States, and who seek ways to help children – and illiterate adults – learn to read […]
Read More >>“Unlimited” – Intense and Sublime
October 8th, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserBook Reviews for Bibliophiles: Unlimited An Intense and Sublime Story by Davis Bunn, NY Times Best-Selling Author Simon Orwell is an MIT electrical engineering student who makes a serious mistake. Known as a brilliant loner, he worked for years with professor Armando Vasquez, performing world-changing energy research. Yet Simon betrays his friend, who leaves MIT, choosing […]
Read More >>Leaves of Joy
October 3rd, 2013 by Sarah Gunning MoserLeaves of Joy – Falling in Love with Fall, 1970s Style I’ve always loved the fall, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. The air is bracing, the colors wow the senses, and I feel like a kid again. For NaBloWriMo Post # 2, I will share a memory of fall from my high school years, […]
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