language connects us.
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“oh, how scary and wonderful it is that letters and words
can change our lives simply by being next to each other.”
-kamand kojouri
Sep12
Tag Archives: literacy
Jul1
magical writing.
peaches: “your writing is beautiful. may i read it?”
grandie v: “it’s written in magic fairy language, peaches, so i’ll have to read it to you. it says: fairies, mermaids, and unicorns are magical.”
peaches: “we’re both so lucky that you know magic fairy language.”
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”if i fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don’t remove it
— i might be writing in my dreams.
-terri guillemetsqe
Apr24
bookstock.
spent a late afternoon
browsing through this collection of
used books of all sorts
went home with unexpected treasures
and things to look forward to
kind of like woodstock
but without
the mud, tie dye, or music
just lots of good words.
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The Bookstock Fund was created from the revenue of each year’s Bookstock sale and donations. Focused on enhancing literacy throughout Detroit and the metropolitan area, each year the Fund looks for community partners doing inspiring and life-changing work on the individual, family, and organizational level.
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“it is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
― oscar wilde
Mar12
“litter-acy.”
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credit: mentalfloss magazine
Feb20
treasure.
book club happens
while waiting to go outside
and discovers something.
letters.
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there is more treasure in books
than in all the pirate’s loot on treasure island.
– walt disney
Jan5
‘you can make anything by writing.’ – c.s. lewis
what’s that little table for, peaches?
it’s where i like to write sometimes.
when?
when it’s quiet in the morning.
can we do it too?
yes, let’s have a writer’s workshop.
when?
right now.
how long can we write?
for as long as you like,
and i hope that you’ll write forever.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 