The truth behind what’s in your Teflon non-stick cookware is terrifying. Besides harming the environment, both the chemicals inside Teflon and the chemicals used to manufacture Teflon are proven carcinogens. Look what DuPont and 3M have been hiding for decades.
I skied on New Year’s Eve—the first time in 21 years. During my ski sabbatical, skis shrank by a foot and got fatter by a few inches. Helmets became the norm instead of something only old people wore (and the young, cool crowd sneered at). I saw the same, familiar snow bunnies in Chamonix, France that I saw in Vail, CO 21 years ago, completely kitted in Bogner with Lacroix skis and designer goggles, but that’s where familiarity ended.
Take a group of eight children, add a writer/mum eager to help, then write a book, together, that makes sense, that stretches eager minds, that makes better writers, that keeps the writer/mum sane. Lessons learned by teaching.
25 writing prompts to inspire even the biggest procrastinator and shift even the deepest void of a creative block. I give #7 to my writing class (just kids in year 3) and their ideas are hilarious. #25 is always my go-to when the words won't flow.