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Teacher Tuesday and the FOLK Magazine 2013 Journal Challenge: Inspiration and Reflection
This week’s journal challenge from FOLK Magazine asks us to flip through magazines, cookbooks, or an encyclopedia and reflect on the images or words that catch our attention. My choice: an old-school encyclopedia. Letter A for April or Volume 2, Ameri (through) Assin. As I remove the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (new in…
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At Home Monday: A windy, cold, Scampy day!
Remember this little gal? I’m back to working on her again! Today I made lots of headway painting the interior walls. She has this weird foamy wall covering that I tried to clean with all sorts of cleaners, but nothing seemed to faze it; in fact, one cleaner I used actually left little holes! (Must…
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Random Friday: When Country was Country?
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Little Big Town, Dierks Bentley, Brad Paisley, Trace Adkins, Reba McEntire. All big names in today’s country music. Then there are Dwight Yoakum, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Clint Black, and many others. But these are not really country music artists to a certain generation. According to…
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Teacher Tuesday (on Wednesday): Why are teachers tired?
Yes, I know it’s Wednesday, but yesterday I wrote about American ingenuity as a part of FOLK Magazine’s 2013 Journal Challenge, so I’m a day behind. I could have gone ahead and written about wedded life as I am supposed to on Wednesday, but what is a blog if it isn’t done according to the…
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Folk Magazine 2013 Journal Challenge: American Ingenuity
This week’s journal challenge prompt is: How do you perceive American ingenuity? Where do you see American ingenuity thriving today? What a great question! (or two) American ingenuity is the heart of our nation’s productivity and prosperity! Without it there would be no light bulb, no computer, no car, no Post-it notes. And where would…
April Coker, Author 