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		<title>Use Your Words Book Review by ChristineMM</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Title: Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers Author: Kate Hopper Publication: Viva Editions, 2012 My Star Rating: 5 stars out of 5: I Love It My Summary Statement: Loved It   -- An Empowering Book -- A Writing Workshop for Mothering Memoir in Book Format I loved this book and am happy to have read it as it finally addresses the topic of mothers writing about their lives. Formerly all I could find on the market about women writing was feminist or general about being a woman, and either absent of addressing motherhood or was anti-motherhood, or was more politically charged, which was not what I personally was looking for. This book is not Pollyanna or saccharine though,  as it does address the challenges of motherhood and includes some emotional, gut-wrenching stories. Hopper encourages us to write of our experiences: whatever they are. Unlike other books there is NOT the impression that "if you went through X experience then you deserve to write about it but if you are leading perhaps a more ordinary life then you are not worthy". Hopper knows the ordinary can be deserving, but whatever it is you have to say , if you want to write about it, you should. Hopper has been teaching writing workshops for over a decade. In this book she tackles one topic per chapter. After addressing the general ideas she shares samples of other people's writing (and sometimes her own) and then a discussion ensues, very similar to what happens in her workshops. She shares viewpoints of some of her students as well as writing as teacher so as a reader I felt that I was participating in a workshop rather than just reading words on a page.   At the end of each chapter are a few writing exercises to get us to practice and experiment with what we just learned about. Some of the topics are general writing topics but tailored to writing memoir (or creative nonfiction as she prefers to call it), such as chapters on voice and writing with humor. Other chapters cover topics such as writing about difficult topics. Some covers issues such as what we should think about when choosing to write about our families, spouses (“partners”), and our children. Near the end of the book she tackles blogging and the idea of moving from blogging to publishing the work as a book. I enjoyed Hopper’s writing style and the way the book was arranged. I learned some new things about writing that would help me move my writing from where it is to become something better, since I just keep writing off the top of my head without knowing how or what or why I should try to do something different. I think I’ve hit a plateau with winging it and that it’s time that I address some of my weak spots. The book helped me realize what my weak spots are and I’ve learned about some options open to me that I should try. I rate this book 5 stars = I Love It and recommend it to any mother who wants to write about her mothering journey who needs some help getting started as well as anyone looking to push their writing to the next level.   Between the short 200 page length and Hopper’s colloquial and non-intimidating writing style I found the book enjoyable, and easy to read, and empowering. Disclosure : I was given a review copy of this book by Amazon.com for the Vine program. See my blog’s full disclosure near the top of my blog’s sidebar. copyright 2005-2009 The Thinking Mother ]]></description>
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		<title>Teach Your Children Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T.P. Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Odds are that if you are reading Huff Post/50 you are probably the parent of post pubescent children. Me, too. This changes what it means to be a parent. It's not that we've been put out to Parents' Pasture, but we certainly cannot (nor should we desire to) coerce, bribe, guilt trip, or manipulate o ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Language</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The ABC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous article we touched upon how to evaluate a "professional" teachers because of the level and quality of its teacher training depends on your language skills further. But what if you can not change teacher because of one or another reason? If you will inevitably have to learn the language ... ]]></description>
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		<title>The newsonomics of News U.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Doctor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s the difference between being informed and being educated? What’s the line between learning something new and being taught something new? Are news media and universities just two ways to do the same thing: gain knowledge? As Coursera, Udacity, edX, and several other offerings begin to unravel ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lists</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>katehaney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've been meaning to do a life list for a while - I love Mighty Girl's and Chookooloonks, and generally thought it would be sorta fun. Then I tried to do it. Yikes. So I figured I might try breaking it down to smaller tasks - 10 lists of 10 different kinds of things. I thought of nine: - Places to t ... ]]></description>
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		<title>6 Portrait Lighting Patterns Every Photographer Should Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Guest Post by Darlene Hildebrandt. In classical portraiture there are several things you need to control and think about to make a flattering portrait of your subjects, including: lighting ratio, lighting pattern, facial view, and angle of view. I suggest you get to know these basics inside out, a ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Mindsight by Dr. Dan Siegel &#8211; book review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book does not exaggerate when it says it offers ‘The new science of personal transformation’ Review by &#124; Urmi Chanda-Vaz Even before I got around to understanding the idea of mindsight, I was reminded of the vast and inexhaustible powers that our minds and brains have. Reading this book by Dr. D ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Free Books I Found While Planning for Next School Year!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not my typical kind of post, but if you could have seen me the other night hooping and hollering every time I snagged a freebie from next year’s book list, you would get why I just had to share with all of you! In my post on affording the large family homeschool, I talked about using free st ... ]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons I’m Excited About Summer Break</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so excited about our upcoming summer break! I always am, but this year it’s not because I’m burned out…and that’s an exciting statement because I wasn’t able to say that the last two years. We are loving Trail Guide to Learning. I’m not sure if it’s the fact that we started on it in January, so ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Classical afterschooling (Curriculum Fair 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Tsh Oxenreider of Simple Mom. Ages of my children: 7, 4, &#038; almost 2 Educational philosophies I pull from: Classical, Interest-Led Learning A few weeks ago, I spent the weekend visiting Peace Hill Press and its founder, Susan Wise Bauer. Known for fostering a modern-day movement of the cla ... ]]></description>
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