Happy summer, everyone! I just got back from watching Disney’s The Little Mermaid 2023. This movie was so well-done and incredible to watch! I was delighted I took the time to go to the movie theater and watch it on the big screen. This movie is one of my favorite Disney movies. The depth the […]
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What do you love about Christmas? One of my favorite traditions around Christmastime is making food and treats. I always make cream cheese mints, peppermint cookies, and fudge. I love the smells around Christmastime too! Cinnamon and vanilla candles, warm apple cider, and hot cocoa are just a few of my favorites. One especially fun
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What kind of reader are you? Are you The Sipper, meaning you always eat while you read? Are you The Juggler, reading multiple books and flipping between each one without mixing up the storylines? Do you like to read with a blanket in bed, or can you read anytime, anyplace, in any weather? I like
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In my life, I’ve been given multiple notebooks, many with the intention of ‘journal’, ‘gratitude book’, and even ‘thoughts’. No, they did not end up as the intended dreaded journal, gratitude book, or thought book. They ended up as my first draft stories. The first notebook started it all. It was my eleventh birthday, and
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For an online writing competition, I wrote a small story with a five hundred word limit. The writing prompt was: You are walking down the street, and suddenly the sky is filled with clouds when you had just been able to see stars a minute ago. A pile of leaves gets stirred into a mini
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This painting was inspired by my love of the night sky. I love stargazing and trying to spot shooting stars. I also love just staring at one specific star and trying to guess what color it would be if I had a telescope, or if it is a Sun to other planets. If it is
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I painted this yesterday using a tutorial on YouTube just for fun. I like painting different things, even if they don’t turn out right in the end. I chose this image because it was mysterious. As soon as you look at this painting, you start to wonder what is on the other side of the
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One of my favorite things to do is play the piano. I love learning new songs and performing in front of friends and family. It’s a way to serve, reach out, and have fun. Beginning a song on the piano is like jumping into a new world. After playing the first few notes, the music
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“A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.” BALTASAR GRACIAN Tweet I like this quote because it is so true. There are times in writing when I can’t even remember how to spell a simple word. Or, there are those times when you can remember what letter the word
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One of my favorite things to do is ride roller coasters. Whenever I can, I visit theme parks and ride the fastest, biggest, tallest, or scariest rides I can. My favorite ride so far has been X2, a roller coaster you ride backward, flying over twists and turns, dropping and falling at seventy-six miles per
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