You guys! (that's jbknowles, reneesweet, writerjenn, olmue, rymrytr, robinellen, cynthialord, amygreenfield, and jeannineatkins)

I am blinking back tears of gratitude for all your support and good wishes. It's such a comfort to know I'm not in this alone, either as the adult child of aging parents or as the writer trying to stay true to her writing.

Also, Jeannine, you are so right about how much it helps to be teaching young people.  

I'm a member of my local Rotary, at least in part because Rotary has a solid tradition of supporting literacy, in the belief that literacy will lead to peace. One practice to help reinforce if not increase literacy is the giving of dictionaries to third graders and thesauruses to fifth graders.

A week or so ago, I received the thank-you notes from ( Read more... )

1. I made it to Boston and to Brigham & Women's successfully! Coming out was still a bit of an adventure, due to a lack of detour signs after a certain point, but I still didn't get horribly lost, only moderately diverted and in the right direction.

2. This was a better day to be in Boston than Vermont. I left in spitting snow and returned in the ( Read more... )

I was thinking about how much I am thankful for as I was walking home this evening, and then I saw
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I'm joining 
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There's always a lot to be thankful for, but I'll try to list the big things ( Read more... )