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Teaching Through
the Arts
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Writers' Retreat
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Stories of Life
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As we play and work our way through life, stories write themselves on our hearts. Join our authors and share life with us.
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Charlie in Charge
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| Jeanette Ferrara |
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I never wanted to go through it again; however, as I listened to my daughters reminisce and then finally plead, my resolve weakened. So when they returned from the farm where they had spent the better part of a day playing with a new litter of lab/border collie puppies, I felt that I was ready to re-visit puppy hood.
"He's going to let us know when it's time, mom," they said. The call came late in March and off they went with the soft puppy cushion that Melanie had sewn.
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Tell me the rest of Charlie's story ...... |
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Adventures in Thailand
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Our First Coup
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| Jeanette Ferrara |
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Quick, insert the card. The green light flashes. The door opens. We're in. We both head to the bed and collapse, exhausted. Thank goodness the room is large, luxurious, clean and cool. Everything that Chiang Mai isn't. We are in the north of Thailand having just completed a temple tour. This huge, new modern room with its king-sized bed seems to inhabit another world than the one outside our hotel window.
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Continue the adventure ...... |
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Elephant Trekking
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| Jeanette Ferrara |
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The volunteer lay flat on the ground, attempting a smile as he eyed the towering mass. A curt command and the long nimble trunk swung into action for an intensive massage of the most vulnerable area of his anatomy. The audience, especially its female members, shrieked with laughter. The volume amplified as the trunk retreated to be replaced by an enormous paw held motionless in the same tender location. As he emerged unscathed from his experience, we marveled at the control and training that this elephant exhibited.
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Continue the trek ...... |
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Dinah
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| Howard Buchin |
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| I say it’s unlikely that anyone who reads this account would be able to describe a pet so totally eccentric and zany as the one we adopted twelve years ago and named Dinah. Perhaps, more appropriately, she should have been named Dinah-mite. There’s a lot of energy packed into her seven and a half pounds. She is light beige, a champagne colour. Picture a little round face which is a shade of darker brown |
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Tell me more about Dinah ...... |
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The Turtle Learns from the Hare about Friendship
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| Howard Buchin |
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On a cool windswept autumn day in the hills of Farmer Brown’s meadow, the sun was shining brightly and the leaves rustled. This was a sure sign that the seasons were about to change. There was a movement somewhere not too far off in the distance. It was a slow-moving turtle by the name of Ferdinand. Slowly he moved up the hill, at a pace that resembled a snail’s. Forward he struggled. Moving with true turtle determination, he plodded his way up the steep hill. He was fully determined to find some food to eat. He was hungry! He had a plan. With the winter close at hand, he would set some food aside so he could have a supply when he awoke from hibernation. Turtles like to hibernate in winter.
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What happens to Ferdinand? ........ |
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Ridley-roo and Zelda-lu Get Ready to Leave
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| Howard Buchin |
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I looked over and spied my mate Zelda-Lu peering out from her cute little hazel coloured eyes as she awoke. “Hey Zee-Lu” I called, “ guess what? You should have seen what I saw!” Zelda-Lu blinked her little cat eyes while looking back at me with a funny expression as she asked, “What, what did ya see, Ridley-Roo?”
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Find out what Ridley-Roo saw ..... |
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