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Piggles Again

February 17, 2013 by tchistorygal

Yesterday I got a comment from TOM, the other Marcia, and she told me I needed a tablet and a stylus to draw. Since she is an artist, and I definitely am not, I decided to try it. V dropped me off at Best Buy, and they told me that I needed a Bamboo tablet. They were only $99.00, and I decided that would be worth the amount of entertainment I would get from it. So it came home with […]

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Categories: animals, art, Blogging, Featured Blog, pets • Tags: Art, artist, author, Bamboo, blogging, drawing, featured blog, Marcia Meara, tablet, Wacom, writing

Piggles was my favorite guinea pig of all times.

A Truly Retired Day

February 15, 2013 by tchistorygal

V is home, so my alone-time retired day is over, but I thought I’d share what it was like to be truly retired today. While I waited for the guy to fix the cabana, I spent several hours writing my first fiction book (short story – whatever it turns out to be), a romantic mystery about a therapist named Amanda Church. V named her. She’s beautiful and 41, widowed, smart, independent, and funny. (Hold on there Ralph, she’s not real!!!) […]

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Categories: art, Blogging, Fiction, pets, Photography, Photoshop, Retirement, Writing • Tags: drawing, Guinea pig, Marsha Lee, Photoshop, Retirement, writing

Writing efficiency

November 26, 2012 by tchistorygal

Reblogged from bottledworder: Imagine a place where all roads are numbers. Imagine a school where all the kids sit in order of their heights and all kids greet each other in alphabetical order. Imagine a neighbourhood where kids no longer play but only have play dates. Imagine a country where all tunnels are the same height and all bridges are the same width, where all buses are numbered and all underground trains are tagged with alphabets. Read more… 404 more […]

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Categories: Experience, Writing • Tags: writing

Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Writer.

November 24, 2012 by tchistorygal

Kristen Lamb, author of Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Writer., writes non-fiction in a folksy, easy to understand style. Read like good fiction, the pages of this how-to book practically turned themselves. Writers and bloggers can immediately apply her tips to improve their blog, Facebook and Twitter platforms. In spite of the fact Are You There Blog? It’s me, Writer. was easy to read I found myself highlighting, taking tons of notes, and rereading to make sure I didn’t miss […]

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Categories: Blogging, Education, Featured Blog, Writing • Tags: Are You There Blog? It's Me Writer, blogging, Common Core, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, Facebook, Kristen Lamb, Marsha Ingrao, Marsha Lee, reading, Rommel, sophomore slump, Twitter, writing

The Hilarity of Real Spam

October 17, 2012 by tchistorygal

Both Sex Gratis and Tattoo Age need to work a little on their persuasive writing skills. as well as their language usage. Maybe that is why the Common Core standards are pushing teachers to teach persuasive/argument writing grades K-12. These folks are so pathetic they are fodder for the funnies. “I think this is a powerfull site with much interesting blogposts about this stuff. And i just wanna say thnx for this. I’ll subscribe to your website to see if […]

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Categories: Blogging, Common Core, Education, Experience, spam, Writing • Tags: blogging, Common Core Standards, Facebook, rules of grammar, spam, writing

Blog and Retirement Management

October 5, 2012 by tchistorygal

Books are in place. I’m open for business.“What business?” you wonder, then you advise. ”Well, Marsha, now that you are retired and blogging you ought to blog about things that are everyday here, and other people have probably never seen.” Great idea – I wrote the first article like that about picking table grapes - as I came up on it. It’s soon to be a best-selling book, I’m sure. So far there are no comments. I drove by a field […]

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Categories: Blogging, knitting, Photography, Quilting, Retirement, Writing • Tags: blogging, book reviews, iPhoto, Marsha, photography, Photoshop, Retirement, writing

Finding My Journal

September 9, 2012 by tchistorygal

Thank you all for visiting my site yesterday – I had 100 views! I don’t know about the rest of you bloggers, but that fact makes me forget that I have any other worthwhile work to do, and makes me want to think of what to write to y’all today. I do love that contraction. (I’m not a Southern Belle, but I just love using it in honor of PT, who reads my blog every day. Thanks PT.) Don’t you […]

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Categories: About, Education, Experience, history-social science, Resources, SJVCSS, Travel • Tags: Clementina Rind, Colonial Williamsburg, history, journal, Online Writing, writing

How To Get a Kid to Write Without Begging, Bribing, or Bullying

August 20, 2012 by tchistorygal

Reblogged from That Writing Lady: THere is a new tool that I have been working on to help new teachers brainstorm effective ways to inspire their students. I would love to hear your thoughts! Read more… 3 more words This is not only clever and entertaining, but include helpful hints that work. TChistorygal.

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Categories: Education, Experience, Writing • Tags: getting kids to write, teaching writing, writing

Bicycle Needs a Fish Part 2

August 6, 2012 by tchistorygal

The last time you heard about BICYCLE she had just left the garage in the worst flood in 50 years. The flood waters carried her out into the creek along with her new friend, FISH. Faster and FASTER spun her tires. Bicycle’s pedals spun around too. Bicycle rolled over and over. She had never been upside down. It seemed that every part of Bicycle moved. Even her handlebars jerked from side to side as she jolted from one rapid […]

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Categories: animals, Fiction, Writing • Tags: Bicycle, Cycling, fiction, Fish, friendship, loss, sorrow, writing

The Importance of Writing in the History-Social Science Class

July 3, 2012 by tchistorygal

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.” Benjamin Franklin. Both California’s Common Core State Standards (CCCSS) and the History/Social Science (HSS) Framework and Standards recommend writing as an essential tool for teaching the discipline of history/ social science because writing develops analytic and critical thinking skills. History classes should include both informal and formal writing. Informal Writing A history class should practice informal writing “routinely […]

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Categories: Common Core, Education, history-social science, Writing • Tags: Arts, Benjamin Franklin, Critical thinking, Education, Essay, Student, Writers Resources, writing

Just Finish It

June 23, 2012 by tchistorygal

Such the Like motivated her with her blog post about what books she is reading. I, too, love to read, at least I think I do. If it’s not fiction I love to start reading. That’s why I read so little fiction. I can’t stop reading fiction until the end of the book – even if I keep my scratchy eyes open until 2:00 a.m. Unfortunately, there is so much else on my list to read, so I feel guilty reading […]

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Categories: Blogging, Books, Experience, Writing • Tags: Amazon Kindle, blogging, Book, books, Facebook, fiction, HGTV, Kindle, non-fiction, reading, Reads, Shopping, writing

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Are You There Blog? It’s Me, Writer.

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The Hilarity of Real Spam

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Blog and Retirement Management

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How To Get a Kid to Write Without Begging, Bribing, or Bullying

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Bicycle Needs a Fish Part 2

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Just Finish It

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