Write Away

The pleasure of writing for growth and fun

  • Family Storytellers and StoryCorps

    Who’s the storyteller in your family?  I’ll bet your children know who it is. Here’s a chance to prompt them with questions and listen while recording them for posterity. This Friday, November, 21, 2014, is the National Day of Listening sponsored by StoryCorps and is a perfect time to start. Continue it on Thanksgiving and you’ll gather an even bigger trove Continue reading

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  • Educating Silantoi

    I face the sun, which we share. It warms the familiar brown envelope in my hands, which contains news of Silantoi, who lives half a world away. A small photo shows her beautiful, round face beaming a huge smile. Not only is she taller, but her posture conveys confidence. A friend peeps over her shoulder Continue reading

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  • A Letter, Victory, and Peace

    Peg’s arm reached into the mailbox and pulled out this letter. The return address reads: Headquarters                                                                                 Continue reading

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  • Why We Can Vote

    It was parade of about eight thousand marchers. Onlookers, several hundred thousand of them, jammed the sidewalks. Soon the marchers were mobbed, shoved, tripped, beaten, even burned by cigars by some onlookers. Police refused to interfere. Army troops were summoned to help. Hundreds of marchers were injured. One hundred of them ended up in the Continue reading

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  • Art and Empathy

    Look at this fantastic work, The Sower, by Van Gogh, painted in 1888. Give your eyes time to move and rest on details. As you do this, pay attention to your reactions to what you see. Note the thoughts, emotions and feelings that arise inside you. Are you startled by the richness of the sun Continue reading

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