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I am a freelance writer and artist living in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Southern United States. I began writing early on and was the features editor of my high school newspaper. I have written a number of print articles for local and regional

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Hobbies & Games > Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts Great ways to get started scrapbooking: 1 of 23

Scrapbooking is a fun and easy, kid-friendly activity that is very simple to get started at for just a few dollars. A quick trip to the dollar store for some basic supplies and your own creativity are all that you need to get started preserving your memories with scrapbooking. Where to Begin: Supplies Getting started is as e...
Education > Education (Other) Do you really need an education to succeed in life?: 5 of 76

Everyone in life needs an education of some manner in order to be a success. This is an inarguable fact, whether a person is educated at home by family members or a tutor, in a formal institution such as an accredited school, or largely on their own via trial, error, and independent study; no one can function well in life wi...
Education > Reading & Writing Skills How to encourage your child to read: 4 of 49

Reading is an important component to success, and the best way to encourage children to read is for the adults in their lives to set an example as a readers. If children are read to from a very young age, they learn to appreciate it as entertainment long before they ever discover reading as a “work.” With the rig...
Arts & Humanities > Art History How to tell if it's a 'work of art': 2 of 19

Whether or not something is a work of art is, as the saying goes, clearly in the eye of the beholder. It is a very subjective thing and art as a concept means one thing to one person something completely different to another. There are many different types of art from highly sophisticated to naïve and all ar...
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) How to devein shrimp: 1 of 9

Shrimp are a versatile and tasty ingredient to use when preparing, appetizers, salads, soups and entrees. Fresh shrimp can be purchased a number of ways: in the shells with or without heads, without the shells and deveined, or as is often the case with small shrimp, without shells and not having been deveined. The reason for...
Hobbies & Games > Yarn & Needle Crafts Why you should teach your children to sew: 2 of 17

I teach enrichment classes part time at a K-8 charter school. Last year the school's business manager stopped me in the hall one afternoon and said she had thought of me over the weekend. Her daughter-in-law been about to discard a throw pillow because of a ripped seam. She said she had taken the young woman by the hand and ...
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) Grandparents Day craft activities for children: 1 of 8

Grandparents day is a time to show our family elders how much we appreciate them and to honor them for all they have done for us. Crafts and activities for children on this special day can be done along with grandparents or completed ahead of the date to be given as gifts. Decorated photo frames, custom coffee mu...
Creative Writing > Memoirs How I relax: My favorite hobbies: 22 of 174

My favorite way to relax is to do absolutely nothing. This may not appear to be particularly interesting in comparison to hobbies like sailing or gardening or knitting, but I am often on the go so much that when I don’t have to be anyplace or do anything by a certain time I just like to lie around and be lazy and...
Arts & Humanities > Making Art Is artistic skill natural or learned?: 9 of 68

At the simplest level a skill is something that must be honed and developed. To achieve artistic mastery with a particular medium that skill must be further refined to the highest possible level. With that in mind it is easily arguable that artistic skill is most definitely learned. This is a concept that is quit...
Education > Financing College Should students expect the government to help pay for college expenses?: 2 of 13

While every student should have the opportunity of a formal college education, it is just not realistic to expect significant financial assistance for each of them from a government agency. Regardless of what anyone believes about the responsibilities of government, the reality of the situation is that the money just isn't t...