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I was listening to an NPR special on the way to work about 826, a nonprofit organization that promotes creative writing with kids. what makes the org so amazing is that their headquarters are always in really zany locations, like the one in new york is based in a "superhero supply store". the kids go through a secret passageway and into a big lounge where they are given motivations for writing. they all come up with ideas and a plot and character development together. and they have to take staff ID pictures where they all have to wear clark kent glasses. chicago's is a spy outlet and seattle's has a space theme.
SO GREAT. I wish they had had something like that near me when I was younger. I really want to be a volunteer in boston but I has no time.
in other news, there was a baby blackbird just sitting right in front of our front door and crying when I attempted to go get the mail the other day. and then it rained and nobody came for it and then the guys who mow our lawn came... I hope it's okay. D: I wish I had a bird sanctuary.