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I read by flashlight, not under the covers, but against the wall. I lay on my side and pointed the light to the wall. LUCKILY, my sister was afraid of the dark, so sometimes I just sat in the closet and read for hours. My mom knew, but she did not mind. She remembers me reading for hours.
Commented Jul 14, 2011 on a cynical word about flashlights at Lowry Updates
a cynical word about flashlights
No child was more passionate about reading, and books, than I was. I took books with me to summer camp. I read during meals and baths and bus rides and recess and church; and I remember remaining in the back seat of the car, reading, when the rest of my family got out to climb an observation tow...
I encourage my students to write about people, places, and objects that they are passionate about. I enjoy your blog because you are truly a WRITER. As you wrote about scissors, this is a PERFECT EXAMPLE of what I try over and over and over and over to explain to my writing students. As a published author, of course, you naturally know this. I am HOPING TO share this blog entree with my elementary students this Fall with your permission (hopefully you will give it).
Commented Jul 14, 2011 on The jury is still out at Lowry Updates
The jury is still out
No, I am not talking about the Casey Anthony murder trial. It's the reading-in-bed-with-a-flashlight question. If you look at comments to the previous post, you'll see the verdict is not final and maybe never will be. I think, though, that it may be a generational thing. I was a child in the 1...
I am laughing out loud, not because you are ill, of course, but because every thought you had, I share. I love electricity! Yes, Oprah loves to shout loudly and lord her life upon all of us! Why would anyone want to have many many many children in one house is beyond my understanding?!
Commented Feb 22, 2011 on and by the way, it is snowing again.... at Lowry Updates
and by the way, it is snowing again....
...but who's counting; right? It is Monday morning, Presidents' Day, and I have just recently corrected the galleys of a new Gooney Bird bok, set in February, when GB herself points out that it is unfair for Abe and George to get all the credit—and the holiday—when there were OTHER presidents bo...
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