Sharon J. Anderson
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Ignite 8/17/18
Who’s the person NOT on Facebook, but still remembers your birthday? That’s right — grandma! Grandmothers keep us happy (and fed) . . . and in the case of this week’s cartoons . . . laughing. Continue reading
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Magic Horse
Yesterday I imagined walking into the lobby of the Bread Loaf Inn in the Green Mountains near Middleburg, Vermont to register as a general contributor at the 2018 Bread Loaf Writers Conference. I imagined quickly signing up for the workshops… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/10/18
What an adventure Adrienne and I had with Flat Stanley’s best friend, Flat Frida, from Oklahoma City last weekend! (Yes, THAT Flat Stanley, the Flat Stanley who’s been ALL OVER THE WORLD!) Flat Frida’s dream has been to visit the… Continue reading
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One-Note Draft
What is memoir? What isn’t memoir? Sometimes (and in my case, more often than not), the memoirist can’t tell until she steps back and reads the words she’s written. As most of you know, I’ve been working on a memoir… Continue reading
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Ignite 8/3/18
The theme of this week’s, “Ignite”: statutory laughter. Continue reading
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Feed Your Head — Part Two
“The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous. That is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.” For 28 years, the plays… Continue reading
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Feed Your Head — Part One
“We celebrate the power of stories. Their power to thrill you, to entice you, to invigorate you. Their power to make you think. From various walks of life, patrons and artists alike will come together in Shepherdstown, West Virginia to… Continue reading
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Ignite 7/27/18
It’s Friday and time again to end the week by igniting laughter! This week’s cartoons have a similar theme. Can you guess what it is? If you can’t, perhaps you need some professional help. Perhaps you need to see a… Continue reading
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My Willow Oak
Early yesterday morning, I heard a thundering thud . . . so loud, it scared my cat, Jem, and drove me outside my front door. Had accumulated snow melted and slipped from a tall building? Impossible, it was July. Had… Continue reading
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Birthday Match Game!
TODAY IS ADRIENNE’S BIRTHDAY! To mark the occasion, I am challenging Spark and Spitfire readers to a match game! Following are four images (labeled A, B, C, D) from the front of greeting cards Adrienne has bestowed upon me over the past… Continue reading
