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  • Taking the First Step

    Seems a little odd to say to someone, “I’m interning for a lit magazine.” In March, I turn 50. Half-way to 100 as my daughter likes to remind me. The last time I referred to myself as an intern was in 1996. I was an intern during my college years at George Mason. I interned…

  • No Shelf Control

    It’s an unlikely spot for such a magical place. I suppose it makes sense that Jeff Kinney decided to call the bookstore he built, An Unlikely Story. For starters, it’s in a town called Plainville in Massachusetts. Sadly, Plainville tends to live up to its name. But once I visited this bookstore in the center…

  • errare humanum est

    As the daughter of a Latin teacher, there are times when I can’t help but think in Latin. The phrases that my mother was constantly teaching us, saying to us, writing out in the margins of her journals. Errare humanum est – To err is human. Naturally, when I was scanning the list of words…

  • Accomplished?

    I like to do an activity where I trace my writing timeline. I think back to all different writing that I have done throughout my life. Even as far back as when I was in elementary school. There are certain assignments I remember. And then through my career there is different writing I have done,…

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