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Tag: reading

  • Dreams & Goals

    Christmas eve this year, I sat on the bed wrapping gifts and chain-binging Christmas movies. One was a Hallmark story where a big city gal goes to back to her Southern hometown for the holidays. While the characters were awkwardly churning through lines that someone spent five seconds writing, the romantic lead said he was…

  • Children’s Stories

    Something fun to do in Oregon is to visit the Enchanted Forest outside of Salem. Built into a wooded mountain side, kids can interact with various Grimm fairy tales before their Disney glow-up. I went as a kid and I’ve taken my daughters several times as well. They have a cute Humpty Dumpty, scenes from…

  • Ba-na-na-s!

    While staying at a Vacation Rental By Owner in Maui on our 10 month delayed 10-year anniversary trip, we sampled some bananas grown locally. Unlike the larger ones we’re used to from our grocery store, these little ones have a brighter, sweeter flavor. It got me thinking about bananas. According to the Internet, the majority…

  • Names & Faces

    College administrators complete to get famous faces in front of their students and in the headlines.

  • Eighth Grade Essay

    It’s rare that something on television or in the movies really grips me lately. I see people running around and hear things that are supposed to be shocking or some new view of reality, but really it seems like a lot of people just vying for attention. But I saw a movie a few days…