Choice Lit Topic: Big Fresh Archives
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The Big Fresh December 10, 2017 The Kid Teaches You
Let the child be the scriptwriter, the director and the actor in his own play. Magda Gerber Ruth was a participant in a writing retreat I was hosting at a...
The Big Fresh December 3, 2017 The Perfect Space
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. Winston Churchill When the realtor took me into the house almost two decades ago, I knew it was meant to...
The Big Fresh November 18, 2017 Grounded
I wish you a craft you can never learn — but can keep learning as long as you live. Don Murray The older you are, the more the quick passage...
The Big Fresh November 11, 2017 What’s Your Hashtag?
Never underestimate the power of a tweet. Germany Kent To say I am a little addicted to Twitter is an understatement. I might even have three Twitter accounts. Yep, I...
The Big Fresh November 4, 2017 Neighborhood Library
The library is like a candy store where everything is free. Jamie Ford I hear a quiet knock on my back door and rush to open it. Thirteen-year-old Abigail...
The Big Fresh October 28, 2017 Blind Spots
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Helen Keller I remember a painful visit I made to a classroom some years ago. The first-grade...
The Big Fresh October 21, 2017 Cheese Emergency
Life is great. Cheese makes it better. Avery Aames On a getaway with my sister in the Berkshires, I walked by a gourmet cheese shop in Great Barrington. It was...
The Big Fresh October 14, 2017 More Heart, Less Head
I don’t have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like...
The Big Fresh October 7, 2017 Tell Me Everything
Time is generally the best doctor. Ovid A few years ago, my son and I were in the walk-in clinic for who-knows-what ailment, and both of us were waiting for...
The Big Fresh September 30, 2017 This Class
If you see something beautiful in someone, speak it. Ruthie Lindsey Before the students even walked through the door of my classroom, I had heard about this class. They were...
The Big Fresh September 23, 2017 Plain Vanilla
The cars we drive say a lot about us. Alexandra Paul This spring I did something for the first time. I traded in a car before it was ready...
The Big Fresh September 16, 2017 What Rules?
I love rules and I love following them, unless that rule is stupid. Anna Kendrick I once knew a group of young adult guys who banded together to rent a...
The Big Fresh September 9, 2017 The Penny Project
Just look at us, all of us, quietly doing our thing and trying to matter. The earnestness is inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. Amy Krouse Rosenthal Amy Krouse...
The Big Fresh September 2, 2017 Reading the Room
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. Peter F. Drucker A few months ago, I attended a job-related conference in California. Eager to keep up...
The Big Fresh August 26, 2017 The Relationship Business
I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap. ...
The Big Fresh August 19, 2017 The Way Through
Don’t go around it — go through it. Amy Krouse Rosenthal I remember the morning after the Orlando nightclub...
The Big Fresh August 12, 2017 Bingo
As I lay me down to slumber, All I need is one more number. A Bingo Player’s Prayer It was the middle of a dreary, wet, and brutally cold week...
The Big Fresh August 5, 2017 Resolutions for a New School Year
Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately. Charles M. Sheldon Summer is when we all think about things we’re going to do differently...
The Big Fresh July 29, 2017 Tickle Tickle
I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realizes an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the...
The Big Fresh July 22, 2017 Magic Wand
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our brain to grow sharper. William Butler Yeats When I found out one of my friends was leaving the...
The Big Fresh July 15, 2017 Growth Rings
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift. Albert Einstein There’s a whole science that studies tree ring dating. By noting the growth rings, scientists can determine...
