VBS Victorious!

  Once again, we have survived VBS Week!  Every summer, my friend Jodi Beatty and I put on a small VBS at one of our local branch churches. This year was, I think, our best year yet. We studied the Lord’s Prayer, discussing a different Bible story for each line, complete with related crafts, snacks, and songs. We…

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Wright’s Writing Corner: The Great Agent Hunt

Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Hey Folks,  This is the final posting in my Prospero Lost Odyssey. The earlier postings are here: Part One: Prospero Lost, an Odyssey Part Two: The Awful Truth About Publishing Part…

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Wright’s Writing Corner: The Great Agent Hunt

Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Hey Folks,  This is the final posting in my Prospero Lost Odyssey. The earlier postings are here: Part One: Prospero Lost, an Odyssey Part Two: The Awful Truth About Publishing Part Three: The Long Dark Waiting Of the Soul   The Great Agent…

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Jelf — Undead Jewish Elves

So, Juss has been listening to us sing the lines from the song of the Chanukah Zombie on Futurama, which includes the lines: "Jump back, Jack, I’m Jewish and Undead!" So, in our latest roleplaying game with Uncle Bill, Juss wanted to play, "Jump Back, Jack" an undead Jewish elf. "I guess that would be a…

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Volunteer Week

Last year, I came up with the idea of Volunteer week. I noticed that the boys are really (really, really, really) self-absorbed and thought it would be good to try to do something for someone else. This was our first Volunteer Week, so we started small. Here is how it went: 1) We survived! 2) Monday, we…

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Wright’s Writing Corner: The Long Dark Waiting Of The Soul

Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Prospero Lost: A Writer’s Odyssey — Part One and  Part Two    I sent the finished manuscript for Prospero’s Children to my editor, Jim Frenkel, in Summer 2001. What followed was a very, very…

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Wright’s Writing Corner: The Long Dark Waiting Of The Soul

Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Prospero Lost: A Writer’s Odyssey — Part One and  Part Two    I sent the finished manuscript for Prospero’s Children to my editor, Jim Frenkel, in Summer 2001. What followed was a very, very long wait…very, very long.   Did I mention “very”?   Maybe, I…

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Found In Translation

Originally published at Welcome to Arhyalon. You can comment here or there. Here is a useful translation key for all of us for speaking on the race subject in the future: Colorblind: New use: Not-Colorblind: sensitive to the problems others may experience that you do not experience. Colorblind: Thinking of other people as just like…

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