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AmySorensen

nose in a book

My subject is the world.

Interests: running, writing, hiking, contemporary lit, good poetry; my family; gardening

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Scrapbooking is a Way I Tell the World I Loved It

I had the opportunity to record an episode of The Scrap Gals podcast. (It will be downloadable next week!) The topic: Your favorite scrapbook layout you’ve ever made. When Tracie told me the topic, two layouts immediately sprang to my... Continue reading

Posted Oct 9, 2020 at The English Geek

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Library Experiences in a COVID World

If you’ve read my blog for very long, follow me on Instagram, or know me in person, you know I believe that books can save your life. I believe in the power of the written word to help a reader... Continue reading

Posted Sep 22, 2020 at The English Geek

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My History with Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. Fifth grade was a difficult year for me. It... Continue reading

Posted Sep 17, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: The Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid by Kate Hattemer

“Of course she does. This is Jemima Kincaid we’re talking about.” “The girl who never forgets anything,” said Tyler. …I thought, Is that what my name means? … You walk around with a hazy idea, but you don’t often get... Continue reading

Posted Sep 15, 2020 at The English Geek

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Deep Thoughts about Scrapbooking

A few weeks ago, on a Sunday, Kendell and Jake went hiking on a Sunday morning. Because of my injured toe I haven’t been able to hike, and as Kendell was dying for a good mountain wander, Jake went with... Continue reading

Posted Sep 13, 2020 at The English Geek

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Bright Potential

On Friday, Kendell and I went to the wedding reception of the daughter of one of our couple friends. We’ve been friends with this family for, I don’t know…at least 25 years. This friendship was formed—like so many other friendships... Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2020 at The English Geek

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Thoughts on Sophomore Year

Last week when I dropped Kaleb off at his first day of high school, I had an unexpected reaction. Kaleb and I had a good conversation while we drove to school, mostly joking, and then he told me goodbye and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 29, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

They say that all the stars in the sky are actually made inside the earth. Then they seek out the roots of cottonwood trees and slip into the wood, where they wait, real patient. Inside the cottonwood, they’re dull and... Continue reading

Posted Aug 24, 2020 at The English Geek

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Thoughts on Remaking

Just a little over 17 years ago, I went out on a run in order to think. In order to make a decision: accept the teaching position that was offered to me or not? On the outside, it didn’t seem... Continue reading

Posted Aug 18, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: The Wind through the Keyhole by Stephen King (The Dark Tower series)

The Wind through the Keyhole “It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I’ve found. You wouldn’t think it could be so, but—as the oldtimers used to say—the world’s tilted, and there’s an end to... Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (The Dark Tower series)

So do we pass the ghosts who haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically on the roadside like poor beggars, and we see them only from the corners of our eyes, if we see them at all. The... Continue reading

Posted Aug 3, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: Gather the Daughters (WITH SPOILERS!)

""If she could start her life over again, she decides, she would shout more. She would bite like the dream dogs. She wouldn’t be so scared of everything all the time. She wouldn’t come when Father called, she would stay... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2020 at The English Geek

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Three Baby Boy Quilts

In the quilting group I’m in, lots of people have been posting their “quarantine quilts.” Things they finally finished during the shut down, or even started AND finished. Some people have finished five or six! I’ve also been sewing a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2020 at The English Geek

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Why I Wear a Mask

As the pandemic continues, I have been thinking about fear. To be fair, I have thought about fear quite often over the past 15 years or so. I think about it when someone tells me I’m brave to go running... Continue reading

Posted Jul 13, 2020 at The English Geek

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There is No Cure for Knowledge: Part 2

[This is a two-part blog post. You can read the first part HERE.] “Yes, but it’s just an English degree. What can you do with that except teach high school?” “It’s not like you had to work as hard as... Continue reading

Posted Jun 25, 2020 at The English Geek

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There is No Cure for Knowledge: Part 1

One of my most abiding memories from childhood is the cold autumn Saturday my dad took me to a BYU football game. I don’t know why this happened, as I was not a fan of football and we weren’t like... Continue reading

Posted Jun 19, 2020 at The English Geek

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I went for a walk this morning. No headphones, no running, no Kendell tagging along. I needed to go to the doctor’s office for a blood test (my yearly check up of thyroid and other issues) and since it’s only... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2020 at The English Geek

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Examining my Own Racism

When the story about Amy Cooper was just starting to break, there was a discussion about it in one of the Facebook groups I participate in. Someone tried to excuse her behavior by saying that she, as a woman alone... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2020 at The English Geek

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Book Review: Girl by Edna O'Brien

Back in January or February, the literary world was kind of buzzing about a book called American Dirt. It tells a story about a woman and her son who, after their husband and father is executed by a drug dealer,... Continue reading

Posted May 14, 2020 at The English Geek

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How A Pretty Pink Skirt with Pockets Changed My Life

I’ve always been a solitary runner. None of my neighbors or friends are runners, so when I picked up running (in the summer of 2000) I went out alone, and I’ve been doing it that way ever since. Mostly this... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2020 at The English Geek

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Thoughts on The First Three Books of The Dark Tower Series

"Perhaps you saw what place our universe plays in the scheme of things—an atom in a blade of grass." Back near the end of February, I helped Nathan figure out how to use his library card to download audio books,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2020 at The English Geek

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On Corona Conspiracies: Two Truths, or, The Group You Don't Want to Belong To

Two truths I have learned about medical issues over the past twenty years: What happens to one person in a family happens to every person in a family. Doctors, hospital, medical procedures: these things fix you. They repair you. But... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2020 at The English Geek

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Corona Virus Masks: My Process Notes on the A.B. Mask Pattern

I have finally started making masks! I don’t know why I didn’t start making them sooner; it’s not as if I don’t have fabric for it! I even prewashed and dried fabric that I thought would make appealing masks. And... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2020 at The English Geek

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Spring in the Garden

“Spring is the season of exquisite redemption, a slam-bang return to joy after a season of cold second thoughts.” ~Barbara Kingsolver It’s been since late October that I put my garden tools away. Rosebushes pruned, dead annuals piled up in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2020 at The English Geek

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2020 Goals: March Recap and April Ambitions

Keeping up with my goal to COMMIT this year, here’s an accounting of my March progress and a list of my April goals. MARCH GOALS: My EXERCISE goals were to run 50 miles and to go to 10 ballet barre... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2020 at The English Geek

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