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2015

July
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The Skin I'm In

In this edition of What's Up, Doc?, Dr. Gretchen LaSalle discusses an issue that's skin deep–and anything but shallow!

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A Whale of a Tale Children's Bookshoppe

Where the rubber meets the road: Join author Judith Rose as she visits an Irvine, California bookstore that's small on size but big on ideas!

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Feeding Your Passions

Our passions will continue to call to us; they will wake us from our sleep or call down to us from the ethers.

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An Interview with Author Lyn Sirota

In another installment of The Writer's Journey, CWG Editor-in-Chief Sheila Wright interviews author Lyn Sirota!

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An Interview with Alfred Walker

In this edition of The Writer's Journey, CWG Online Editor-in-Chief Sheila Wright is pleased to interview long-time CWG member and author, Alfred Walker!

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Are You Meant To Be A Writer?

If you didn't have anything to say, you wouldn't even think about writing, but you do have something to say, and you know it. Should you keep moving forward?

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Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Boulder Book Store

The Boulder Book Store is as unique as the community itself. That local identity is something to keep in mind if you ask the store to carry your book.

June
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Work In Progress

In so many other areas of our lives, we are expected to complete tasks and are judged upon the end result. So we begin to treat the creative process the same way––as a task. But each one of our creative expressions acts like a mirror that gives us valuable insight into who we are and where we are on our journey.

May
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Tips for Parents on Raising a Confident Child

Advice and reflections on raising children who are happy, independent, and authentically "themselves."

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Teachers Who Care

Teaching really isn’t about the paycheck.  It’s about changing lives, building futures, and creating leaders.

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The Power of Books

My early books set the foundation for a love of reading and a life of learning. Education has the power to transform a life: It did mine. But a good education eludes many people. The starting point? Learning to read. The social problems of illiteracy affect every one of us, but these are problems we can solve.

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Josephine

In pouring over this morning’s photos of the reenactment of the battle of Appomattox, I had to think of Josephine Baldassare, as behind every one of those living history reenactors is a talented, dedicated and caring seamstress who is able to take an ordinary man, and turn that man into General Grant, or General Lee, a soldier, or a young drummer boy.