Last Sunday afternoon, I drove the short distance from my home to the second rehearsal for the Listen to Your Mother Milwaukee Show. And then, I sat in the car for a good five minutes. I re-read my essay out loud. Watched folks coming and going through the parking garage. Hoped everyone thought I was …
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In Life & Writing: Progress Not Perfection
We hit a milestone in Milwaukee last Sunday…the equilux, the time of season when day and night come in equal parts. Over the course of the next few months now, the sun will burn brighter, warmer, longer, and the idea of summer won’t seem so impossible. Hearing about the equilux, I thought of two words Jane Friedman …
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Writing & Reading: Pass It On
The other day I caught the tail end of an NPR story highlighting research that says, despite the ease and frequency with which teenagers interact on social media (adding new layers to peer pressure), “parents are still the most powerful influence when it comes to…values.” The story is talking about teen drinking and smoking and deserves …