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Note: The following entry–and all entries on my blog, for that matter, will not contain spoilers regarding the final book in the Harry Potter series, so please feel free to read on! Note deux: This is part III of a three-part series; please scroll down and read the first two installments if you have not…
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(Note: The following entry–and all entries on my blog, for that matter, will not contain spoilers regarding the final book in the Harry Potter series, so please feel free to read on!) (Note deux: This is part II of a three-part series; please scroll down and read the first installment if you have not already…
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(Note: The following entry–and all entries on my blog, for that matter, will not contain spoilers regarding the final book in the Harry Potter series, so please feel free to read on!) THAT, my friends, was probably the fastest I’ve ever read a book. If you want to discuss any aspect of Deathly Hallows or…
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Indeed. . . .What a great weekend. Friday night, we kicked things off at the Paper Moon Diner, which is like no other restaurant in Baltimore (or anywhere else I’ve been, for that matter). Things got a little pricey when we started adding on fries and drinks, as is the case anywhere else, but the…
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Hello, World. . . . The rush of the school year’s end collided with getting ready to teach grad school, and when I looked up today and took a breath, I realized that I had not blogged in a good while. Shame, shame, shame. I think, though, that as I gear up for my book…
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Alright, Potter fans: The time has finally arrived. We’ve spent the last year or so speculating the various outcomes for book seven, the last. We’ve analyzed both the UK and the US dust jackets for Deathly Hallows, searching for elusive clues that might give us some indication of just who might not be standing when…
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Thirteen Things that are on RUS’ mind. . . . 1. Why do my Starbucks cups leak whenever I am wearing a white shirt?2. Why does this seem to happen early in the morning, when I’m on my way to school, and I don’t have any possibility whatsoever of changing my shirt? 3. It would…
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My goodness, I do believe there is hope yet. Beyond my wildest imagination, I witnessed something today that I thought could never happen again–especially in my own back yard (figuratively speaking, of course). But there they were, all three of them, laughing their heads off as if they were in hour three of the mega-Disney…
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This day, with each of its moments slowing to the length of no less than an hour, punctuated by the reverberating beat of my heart, a pulsed give-and-receive of life running through me and back again. And again. And again still one. more. time. This day, where I began stuck in melancholy, missing my mother…
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Monday greetings to you all: I had a power weekend in many ways, where I was filled with energy from 20 other teachers on Saturday during a 7-hour writing workshop–our first of 21 that will conclude on July 20. There is no greater feeling than being surrounded by like-minded folks who have strong, healthy attitudes…
The Baltimore Writer 