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And you wonder why they can’t concentrate in class?
“Severe and chronic trauma (such as living with an alcoholic parent, or watching in terror as your mom gets beat up) causes toxic stress in kids. Toxic stress damages kid’s brains. When trauma launches kids into flight, fight or fright mode, they cannot learn. It is physiologically impossible.” John Medina Read the entire article about [...]
“Talk Amongst Yourselves”*
I was sent a link to an unexpected surprise today. Mark Flowers has written a complete and fascinating (to me at least) analysis of the relative literary merit of all of my novels, both YA and historical fiction. I’m stunned by this and honored. Never thought of having anyone look at everything I’ve written at [...]
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Hairy Man in a Pink Tutu
How awesome is this guy? He is a photographer who has been taking pictures of himself dressed like that for nine years. Why? To raise money for breast cancer, a disease that his wife is battling. See more pics, read more info, and laugh, and help.
Republic, MO superintendant resigns
Vernon Minor, Superintendant of Republic, MO school district, has resigned, three months after the school board voted not to extend his contract. This is the district that banned Speak, Slaughterhouse Five, and Twenty Boy Summer after a local man, Wesley Scroggins, complained about the books. In addition to book banning, Minor faced a number of [...]
ANA and MIA and ED want to kill you – an overdue post
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a lot of interaction, via social media and email, with people who are struggling with eating disorders. The time has come for us all to get righteously angry. Myself, I have moved past anger to that steel-eyed, axe-sharpening, calm place of volcanic rage.
David Milch on writing and God
“When you are not writing, you’re going to be sad. You are going to feel inadequate. You are going to feel untalented. You are going to feel incompetent. It’s crucially important to understand that the impulse to write is a reaching out to God.” —David Milch, creator of Deadwood and so much more, in a [...]
Best Advice for Survivors of Sexual Assault
This is the best advice I have ever read for survivors of sexual assault. It is for everyone who has struggled to come to terms what happened and everyone who loves them. That means everyone needs to read it.
Doctors, an ambulance, & a big confession
Sooo…. yeah, you haven’t seen much of me lately. This post will explain why. I feel that so many of you are my friends, and you share the good and the not-so-good with friends, right? Some of you know that the last 18 months have been a struggle for me. The doctor couldn’t figure out [...]
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