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Tideline Newsletter: Reflections (September 2021)
Tips on Surviving a Pandemic with a Toddler - Paula West
posted on Mar 5, 2022 Here are a few tips from the Savages on how to endure a pandemic with a toddler. Stock up on supplies-construction paper, glue sticks, markers (washable), crayons. Set up new weekly routine, now that the usual weekly story times are cancelled....
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
Searching for The Spaghetti Lady - Kim R. Deslaurier
posted on Jan 1, 2022 A child's love of a book began an endless search. When my daughter Beth was in first grade (33 years ago), all she wanted for Christmas was The Spaghetti Lady , a book that her teacher had read out loud to her class. Without the author's name, m...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
From the Rector - June 2022
posted on Jan 1, 2022 I admit that, as strange as it may seem, I really don't have a favorite poem or childhood story that has served as inspiration through the years. I do remember loving the Encyclopedia Brown series as a kid, perhaps revealing my inclination to b...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
Words of Wisdom from our Fictional Animal Friends - Luleen S. Anderson
posted on Jan 1, 2022 It's hard to explain how a few precious things can follow us throughout our lives. Some of my precious things include words of wisdom from several classic children's books. As a psychologist and writer for more than 50 years, and having cel...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
The Little Princess - Leslie Antos
posted on Jan 1, 2022 When I was about 8 years old my godmother started giving me books for birthday presents. This might sound like one of the least fun things an 8-year-old can receive, but Aunt Ethel always tried to choose books that she had loved when she was grow...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
My Favorite Book - Fisher Manning
posted on Jan 1, 2022 The book I chose was The Maze Runner . It is a sci-fi and
action book. This is my favorite book because the story is magnificent! I will give
you a brief synopsis of the story. In the beginning there are
people called "Gladers ." These pe...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
The Denial of Death and My Faith - Phil Stine
posted on Jan 1, 2022 It is astounding that a book by an atheist who personally was not really well-disposed to Christianity is what allowed me to retain my faith at a time when I was considering rejecting it all. But that is exactly what happened. In his 1974 ...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
A-tro-ci-tee/ Tor-tour/ Pri-zun - Lucia Robinson
posted on Jan 1, 2022 In first grade at five I was unhappy
because my friend Susan made Rabbit
while I was only a Squirrel (which
was one step up from Chipmunk).
My father determined Dick and Jane
was being taught by Sight, so
most evenings he took m...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
Loving Words - Sara Allen
posted on Jan 1, 2022 During summer beach vacations when I was a little kid, my mother was a stickler for one rule: no swimming for at least one hour after lunch. Given the chance, my brothers and I would have spent all summer in the ocean, so to tame our grumbling ab...
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Words of Wisdom from Some of Our Favorite Readings (June 2022)
The Raisins - Gail Henry
posted on Jan 1, 2022 When this writing task was presented to me by Geneva, the oddest quotation came to mind. I would love to say it was Yeats or Emerson, Oprah or even Einstein, but instead it was a short line from a storyteller that I used to listen to with my sons...
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