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Christmas Memories: Gifts of the Heart(0)
I’m wearing my flamingo Airstream trailer pajamas as I write this. They’re aqua with puff of snow, red scarves flying from the pink flamingo’s while lights outline the Airstream’s door and windows. When I was a girl, our Christmas–like everything else in our family life–was do-it-ourselves from tree to treats to gifts. We cut our [...]
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“Play that GREY EAGLE,” by Erwin A. Thompson
My father Erwin Thompson–musician and raconteur– tells this true story of old-fashioned square-dance music–when it was just music. Janet __________ There was this fiddler back some years ago who was learning. He had one piece that he played quite well, but it was a struggle for him to learn. He hadn’t gotten around to learning [...]
Creative Parenting: “Another Way of Seeing,” by Khadijah Lacina. Trash? Look again.
Khadijah Lacina is a regular guest columnist for Riehlife on Creative Parenting. This post is number three in the series. Khadijah and I met through Story Circle Network. She lives in Yemen where she facilitates a writing circle. In her series of articles on Riehlife, Khadijah shares how she stays sane by encouraging and nurturing [...]
Creative Parenting: “Poverty as Creative Catalyst,” by Khadijah Lacina
Khadijah Lacina is a regular guest columnist for Riehlife. Her previous post was “Creative Parenting: My Head Is Full of Poems.” This post is number two in the series. We met through Story Circle Network. In her series of articles, Khadijah shares how she stays sane by encouraging and nurturing creativity in herself and her [...]
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