Daily Archives: January 21, 2017

Guest blogger: Jennie Fitzkee – How Reading-Aloud Made Me the Teacher and Person I Am Today

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

My very first day of teaching preschool in Massachusetts, thirty-two years ago, was both career and life altering. Lindy, my co-teacher, asked me to read the picture books to children each day after our Morning Meeting. Sure (gulp)! I was … Continue reading →

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Lantern – pensitivity #writephoto

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Neither Mother or Father were impressed. They saw it as a flagrant display of disrespect and vanity. ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you have to!’ Mother admonished her offspring. ‘We are leaders, not exhibitionists,’ Father added. ‘It is our … Continue reading →

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Lantern – Ritu Bhathal #writephoto

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

In the darkness, all seemed hopeless. What was I supposed to do? I’d done what I had seen done in countless films, gone to the confessional in the church. I’m not a church-goer. I don’t know whether it would help me, … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged confession, fiction, grief, guilt, light, relief | 2 Comments

#writephoto, Dancehall Of Dread – Pamela Morse

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

#writephoto In the darkest moment of winter, heaviness and despair falls on the land. Frightened workers huddle indoors, sharing the heat of a single stove in the dance hall of the dead. The musical sounds drift in from the streets, … Continue reading →