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[8 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | ]
Record a Personal History & Stop the World

Why we take the time and make the effort to record people’s stories, their personal histories.

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[26 Apr 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Writing Clearly

As my livelihood is all about not writing convoluted anything, my ears perked up and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

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[26 Nov 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Thanksgiving Pinatas

Did you hear me talking about my family’s unusual Thanksgiving tradition on NPR’s All Things Considered on Thanksgiving?

This year it was a Santa Claus pinata.
You can read about it here.

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[20 Feb 2009 | 2 Comments | ]
The Magic of Letters: I Believe It, Too

Wow. I am a huge believer in reading and writing and the power of it all — but have a look or listen to this woman from Nepal, who was a child bride and didn’t learn to read until she was 21.
The story she tells — her story — is enormous and beautiful. Now that is somehow who has learned to appreciate the power of the alphabet. Wow.

It’s another This I Believe story from over at NPR. What an amazing collection of essays they are gathering, saving, sharing.  People have …