January 2007

Echieve Creatively

January 15, 2007

Is “echieve” a typo? Nope! Every achievement worth significance comes from acting on your most creative expression. Most of us have left creative expression in the sandbox or on the desk of our second grade classroom. Our kindergarten teacher and elementary school art teacher let us make anything we could think of. We painted with [...]

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“Old Becomes Ancient”: Donald Murray, Boston Globe Columnist

January 5, 2007

December 30, 2007 is the last recorded-day for Donald Murray. His “Now and Then” columns are read by all ages. Bryan Marquard (Boston Globe, December 31, 2006) writes, “For Mr. Murray, each column, each sentence presented an opportunity to teach….” Donald Murray wrote well, but never considered it an esoteric task, or specialized work. He [...]

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It’s All In The Editing

January 4, 2007

Summer reading for school gets finished the day before. My son just finished his writing after reading Lord of the Rings All summer his day began after 10AM (not every day, but most days). Today, he was up at 5:30AM reading and writing. After editing every sentence at least 5 times, he is done! Every [...]

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