![]() Most of the time, however, our posts will relate directly to the business of writing or artistic endeavor. We (I) do our best to keep them writing-related, but let’s face it, a blog is a place to sound off, and sometimes that’s what I might do. ![]() Please feel free to comment on any of our posts. Most of my own efforts do center around writing, but some of my artwork has been simply for joy (Which, I believe, is the way it should be) and to find another means of bringing my own creative work to the attention of others who might take interest. While many blogs aim to sell something or pedal a philosophy, my goal is to use this platform as a continuing repository of creativity, whether it be from myself or from others, including Connie Kirchberg. Most writers are creative in so many ways, and so it is with us. In the past few years, it has become the blog of one of those two friends (Julia Simpson-Urrutia) because the other (Connie Kirchberg) has found so much activity and inspiration in other pursuits aside from writing, which include four dogs, two cats, and a never-ending project list that tends to revolve around carpentry. ![]() ![]() This blog began as a collaboration between two writers and friends, on the premise that all writers need a blog. Welcome to the Grassroots Writer’s Guild. Hello, those in search of the creative spark. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This community gains new members every day, with some fans just starting the show, some with tens of rewatches and rereads over many years, and everything in between. See the section below for detailed information on how to avoid unwanted spoilers and help others do the same. ![]() Follow the community's general Spoiler Policies As always, please use the 'report' button without hesitation if you see conduct that's against the community rules or Reddiquette. Debate and discussion are good, but must stay respectful and humane. We take keeping this community safe and welcoming seriously, and will remove content that is hateful, spammy, trolling, etc. Please familiarize yourself with the general Reddiquette rules here. Community Rules Practice Good Reddiquette ![]() Soon, the three factions will discover their political machinations are the least of their worries when confronted with a conspiracy that could threaten all of humanity. Set a few hundred years in our future, the fragile relationship between Earth, Mars and the Belt is reaching a tipping point. The Expanse is a space opera, mystery-sci-fi drama television series based on the bestselling novels of the same name by James S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Not even twenty five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. One of the big themes in the story is the depth of friendship and how sometimes friendship can be more intimate than a relationship. It’s impossible to predict how, exactly, you’ll fall in love with Gabrielle Zevin’s novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, but it’s an eventuality you can’t escape. ![]() ![]() These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the novel you've been waiting to read. ![]() For a moment, she pretends she hasn't heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But Dutch social psychologist Batja Mesquita, author of Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions (2022), has spent years looking into the cultural side of emotions, and makes a different case. Was Joy’s mistake thinking that Riley’s emotions existed distinctly within the safety of her mind, separate from the external world? Does viewing emotions as singular experiences hamper our understanding of their true impact and complexity? Social emotionsĮmotions have traditionally been studied as physiological occurrences – controlled by the hardwiring of our brains, and as such, universal and unchanging. By trying to solve all of Riley’s problems with happiness – despite the changing world around Riley being decidedly ‘unhappy’ – Joy inadvertently causes Riley to retreat inside herself and become numb to the outside world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Visitation prior to services 10 - 11 a.m. Monday, Apat Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (66) in Butler, Missouri. Myers of Butler, Missouri will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Apat Enders & Shirley Funeral Home Chapel, Berryville with Pastor Kathy Thompson officiating. and a funeral service will follow at 1:00 P.M. The family will receive friends 12:00- 1:00 P.M. Butler, Missouri 64730 Get Directions on Google Maps Print Obituary Sign Guestbook Name: Location: Video: Image: Light A Candle Candle 1 Candle 2 Candle 3 Candle 4 Email: Personal Message: Confirm: Submit Guestbook entryPreceding her in death are her parents, Holmes and Della Butler her sisters, Ruth and Bea and her beloved daughter, Israel. He was also an animal lover and enjoyed the outdoors.SERVICES Graveside Service Saturday, 11:00 AM Oak Hill Cemetery 715 East Mill St. Gary was a loving and kindhearted person who had a giving heart. ![]() He worked as a carpenter most of his life and enjoyed watching NASCAR and shooting pool. Butler and son funeral chapel Gary Wayne Butler, age 43, of Mooresboro, died Tuesday, November 19, 2019. ![]() ![]() ![]() Additional topics include the nationwide search for a new GNEC co-host bear vs. Finally, they look at the tragic ending and the responsibility us humans have towards animals. ![]() Finally, their differing views on life and freedom will be questioned and tested as they try to survive in the war-torn streets of Baghdad.ĭennis and Johnny start off by discussing a problematic scene in the Pride of Baghdad. Next, they converse about the freedom the lions had or didn’t have in captivity. They see the zoo as a sanctuary and the zookeepers as their attendants, whereas Noor believes them to be their jailers. Zill and Safa know the beauty and horrors of life in the wild. Noor is idealistic about life in the wild and sees the zoo and the zookeepers as her jailers. Finally, her cub Ali was born in the zoo. Next, there is Noor, who was born in the wild, but has spent nearly all of her life inside the zoo. First, there are Zill and Safa, older lions brought to the zoo after being captured in the wild. ![]() The story concerns a small pride of four lions living inside the Baghdad Zoo. It’s a fictional tale based on the true story of four lions that escaped the Baghdad Zoo after the U.S. Greetings, Explorers! In our final episode of season 5, the gang takes a look at Pride of Baghdad. ![]() ![]() ![]() The quest's series of puzzles and station challenges promote teamwork and critical thinking. This experience is designed for groups working in teams of 5 individuals-just like in The Kingdom Keepers books. Those who have read Ridley Pearson's books will appreciate this enhanced story experience where characters and plot points from the series come to life during one captivating quest! ![]() In the Kingdom Keepers series, 5 teenagers-Finn, Charlene, Philby, Willa and Maybeck-enter the parks, usually at night, and battle with the Overtakers for control of the parks. We recommend, but do not require, that your class read Kingdom Keepers: Disney At Dawn, as events in the book are referenced throughout the quest experience. This experience is inspired by author Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers book series. ![]() This quest engages young Guests in problem-solving, visualization, observation, creativity, math, language arts and critical thinking skills. Kingdom Keepers Books in Order (8 Book Series) The Kingdom Keepers / Disney After Dark Disney at Dawn Disney in Shadow Power Play Shell Game Dark Passage. no edgewearWith the adventures set forth in the first books now behind them, Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney In Shadow follows the five teens, Finn, Philby. The Kingdom Keepers Quest II is a self-guided experience that occurs at Disney's Animal Kingdom park. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While it becomes abundantly clear that without her involvement the police would not have apprehended the culprit, there are a number of classical Christie plot twists, the way she is involved is hesitant and diffident. This first book featuring the deductive capacities of Miss Marple feels a little tentative, not in terms of the plot development but in how Miss Marple herself is introduced. The difficulties they experience with the sole domestic servant, whose cooking skills are legendary for all the wrong reasons, provides a lightness to the main plot of the novel. Griselda is a bit flighty, possessing a mildly dark sense of humour especially when referring to her pastoral duties amongst the women of the village. The relationship and difference in character between the vicar and his wife Griselda is particularly entertaining, with a great deal of gentle humour. The story is narrated by the Revered Leonard Clement, the Vicar of St Mary Mead, and concerns the murder of the highly disagreeable Colonel Protheroe in the vicars study.Īs one expects with any novel by Christie the characters are all well delineated, each one distinct and with a degree of depth to them. This is the first of the Miss Marple books, but not one in which she makes a prominent appearance. ![]() ![]() ![]() He quickly became fascinated with The Harvard Classics and read the complete Encyclopædia Britannica in his teen years. Côté's Dublin-born mother and his Québec-born grandmother, Gertrude Beaudoin Côté, often read to him. One of two children, Côté had an "adventure-filled" childhood. (Richall) Côté, he was educated at The Milford School and graduated in 1963 from Amity Regional Senior High School in Woodbridge. Biography Youth and education īorn June 3, 1945, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Norman W. He served in the United States Air Force for six years after graduation. Côté was born in Connecticut and attended Butler University. From 1999 to 2002 he published three well-received biographies, of Theodosia Burr Alston, Dolley Madison, and Mary Motte Alston Pringle. His work included research in Wisconsin and four years researching for the South Carolina Historical Society in the late 1970s to early 1980s. ![]() Côté ( / k oʊ ˈ t eɪ/ koh- TAY J– February 10, 2015) was an American author, social historian, and lecturer. ![]() ![]() No human has ever wielded the Green Lantern’s light, and no one has ever heard of Superman. ![]() ![]() This altered universe is on the brink of a cataclysmic war. The history of Barry’s life is not as he remembers it, and the people he cares about most are now strangers, vanished, or worse. A place where his mother was never killed…and the Flash never existed. This collection features the epics stories that followed his return that no fan of the Scarlet Speedster should miss out on reading including Flashpoint where Barry Allen wakes up to a world that is not his own. The Fastest Man came speeding back and his breakneck pace never slowed down with all-new unforgettable adventures. Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, the writer/artist team behind the blockbuster Green Lantern: Rebirth and The Sinestro Corps War, brought Barry Allen back after his death in Crisis On Infinite Earths in an explosive, jaw-dropping epic that reintroduces the modern–age Flash. The epic story of Barry Allen’s return from the dead to reclaim his title as The Fastest Man Alive and the amazing adventures that followed are included in this massive hardcover collection. ARKHAM HORROR THE CARD GAME Menu Toggle.STAR WARS X-WING SECOND EDITION Menu Toggle. ![]() |