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What I'm Doing Now: Writing writing writing and more writing. I'm getting ready to apply for MFA programs so it's basically all about the writing, unless I happen to be reading. Also, studying for the GRE.

Special Interest: Researching how to start up a creative

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Developing compassion as a way of life for you and your children: 13 of 128
Teaching our children about compassion requires that we understand it and practice it ourselves. In order to do this we have to know what compassion is and is not. Compassion is not "being nice." It is also not doing for others what they can and will do for themselves if you get out of their way. A compassionate person doesn... More..
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues Communicating in text-message style: Is it ruining real communication?: 5 of 38
It is often assumed that every new vehicle for communication or technology, is just an extension of an older one. Take Neil Postman's example in his fantastic book "Amusing Ourselves to Death," that the automobile is thought of as an extension of a fast horse, or an electric light as an extension of a powerful candle. In the... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Death Penalty Should the United States ban the death penalty?: 2 of 14
The prolific H.G. Wells said that history becomes a race between education and catastrophe and this statement illuminates the long-standing conflict over the death penalty. Since the first execution of a criminal in 1622, the merits of capital punishment have been hotly contested. It would be misleading to examine the issue ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Why it's important to teach our children about water conservation: 2 of 7
It has been said that in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. As a society we have a social, ethical and intellectual obligation to educate our children about the finite resources on our planet. After all, our future depends on it! Here... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues What are the new super foods?: 9 of 28
If you've been anywhere near a farmer's market or a health food store in the last decade, you've heard the term Super Food. As a refresher, remember that a super food is going to first be whole and unprocessed. Despite the super convenience of instant oatmeal or the super great flavor of your favorite fortified cereal, these... More..
Jobs & Careers > Starting Out A look at what makeup artist classes you'll need to break into the beauty industry: 1 of 1
Aspiring makeup artists, hear this: No matter what instruction you receive, the determining factor in opening doors in the makeup industry has always been and will always be your level of skill. Makeup artistry is 10% talent and 100% practice and that adds up to 110% which is EXACTLY what you'll have to give to break into pr... More..
Relationships & Family > Friends & Peers (Other) Should you interfere in a friend's unhealthy relationship?: 62 of 111
One of my dearest friends has a husband with a wandering eye (other things wander as well, but we'll leave them out of this!). In the past few years she has come to me many times seeking various things: help, answers, explanations, justifications. It has been difficult to watch her suffer. She is an extraordinary person. Lik... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A day at the beach: 170 of 201
A Day at the Beach (Well, a night actually) We are 15 year old girls on Friday night dates We sparkle brightly like fireworks that flicker then die like ash, falling over the ocean our stories muddled and choppy stirring yet unknown places inside us The smooth sand of the beach is a home we visit cliquing in small groups aro... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Don't pity me: 131 of 150
The truth? No one drank but me. The apartment on Clark Rd. was a l c o h o l free. Of course, there were pills and a single festive bottle of Khaluah mixed each year, into celebratory white Russians on Christmas eve. No one drank in this eight year old's world. Except Grandpa Carl Smith who died before I was born, and Uncle ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Locked out your heart: 97 of 104
Separation Now there are silences between us, the keeping of things apart, like words we don't offer to confess any more. In place of argument there is silence, with things left to say, words sealed hermetically in a vacuum which refuses passage. There is a calm, falling across our kitchen like the gray natural light of morn... More..