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January 17, 2020
Ask Norman...What will I get for Christmas?
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Hey Kids!Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
January 15, 2020
Poetry Challenge #122-Here's To Bagels, Hats & Bagel Hats!
Today, January 15th, is both National Hat Day and National Bagel Day. I’ve given some thought the matter and still, I have absolutely no idea what hats and bagels have to do with each other…except, of course, that everyone hungry/bagel crazed enough to be bageling on the streets of Manhattan in the winter chill is wearing—or should be wearing—a hat. Maybe you’ll have a better idea:
Poetry Challenge #122
Hat’s Off to Bagels, Hats & Bagel Hats
Think of words that have to do with either hat or...
January 8, 2020
Poetry Challenge #121-Joy Germs?!
In the midst of cold-flu-ick-crud season everyone’s trying to stay germ free. But, there’s one germ I’m hoping goes viral: The Joy Germ
Celebrated every January 8th, National Joy Germ Day is a holiday created to remind people “that by being positive and treating people with kindness, we can influence those around us and pass that positive attitude on to others.
Joy Germ day was established in 1981 by Joan White of Syracuse, New York, in honor of her mother. Here’s Joan’s prescription for...
December 31, 2019
Poetry Challenge #120 Resolutionist’s Resolutions
Today, 1-1-2020 marks the #120th 7-Minute Poetry Challenge—that in itself is worth celebrating—as is this bright shining new year, new decade. As they sing in the song*:
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me.
Let’s celebrate by ringing in 2020 with:
Poetry Challenge #120 Resolutionist’s 2020 Resolutions
At the beginning of the new year, everyone seems to have the best intentions. The most common resolutions people make are: exercise more, eat less, spend more time with family, get...
December 25, 2019
Poetry Challenge #119-Iridescence of Lights
And so it is this year as
Hanukkah
(Dec 22-30)
Christmas
(Dec. 25),
and
Kwanzaa
(Dec 26-Jan 1) 
converge, we are smack dab in the midst of the festivities. One way these holidays are celebrated is with lights! Lights! Lights! Lights!
Poetry Challenge #119
Iridescence of Lights
In celebration of the holidays, write an
acrostic poem
about your holiday traditions. An
acrostic poem
uses the letter of a topic word or words to create a poem.
1....
December 18, 2019
Poetry Challenge #118-It's Getting Darker
Pretend I’m waving a ticking pocket watch before your eyes.
“It’s getting darker . . . darker . . .”
In a few days, Sat. Dec. 21st, it will be the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. That day will have the least amount of daylight. The good news? Days grow longer after that!
Poetry Challenge #119 It’s Getting DarkerIn honor of the shortest day, write a short poem. Get your writing implement of choice ready and set your timer. Below is a 4-word prompt. Noodle over it a moment and then...
December 13, 2019
December 11, 2019
Poetry Challenge #117-A Month of Holidays
Every day is a special day. If a day dawns in need of an excuse to celebrate I make a quick search. I delight in finding calendars that telling what each day is special for—more than 1500 a year and counting. Today December 11, according to nationaldaycalendar.com, is National App Day and National Noodle Ring Day.
Don’t miss your chance to bake this scrumptiousness-Baked Aneletti
I had no idea Noodle Rings* were even a thing!
Poetry Challenge #117 A Month of Holidays No matter what the...December 4, 2019
Poetry Challenge #116-Prompt Time
Writing from a prompt pushes you to write fast and helps you free your mind. Get your notebook or computer ready and set your timer. Below is a one-line prompt. You can use the prompt as your first line, your last line, or a line in the middle. Read it and then write as fast as you can....
November 27, 2019
Poetry Challenge #115-Knit Wits
Think “knitting” and an image of the “quiet old lady whispering ‘hush’” springs to many a mind. But that’s bunk. At last week’s VCFA Writing for Children and Young Adults Alumni workshop flashing, clicking needles were everywhere. Co 7-Minute Challenge creator, Cindy, is a big knitter. So am I, in my fashion. And in the same way, so are you.
Knitting is such a useful word. In the same way yarn becomes sweaters, wounds knit back together. Families are closely knit. Brows knit in consternation...
