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May 10, 2021 Cartography & Maps

Maps: The Universe of Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667)

“A mind not to be changed by place or time.The mind is its own place, and in itselfCan make a

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April 30, 2021 2021 A to Z Challenge

2021 A to Z: Bonus Letter Z… Weird Holidays

2021 A to Z: Bonus Letter Z is for National Zipper Day (April 30) It’s National Zipper Day TODAY- April

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April 18, 2021 2021 A to Z Challenge / YouTube

2021 A to Z: Extra Bonus Content – Sesame Street

In the middle of doing the A to Z Blog Challenge, I can’t help hearing Big Bird singing the Alphabet

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January 9, 2018 From The Editor's Desk / Grammar / Writing

Choosing the Right Point of View for Your Story

Point of View The Narrator’s personality and perspective helps shape the reader’s perspective, and how the story unfolds. The reader

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December 2, 2017 From The Editor's Desk / Science

Bonus: “Maunder Minimum”, Cartography, and Hevelius

Earlier this evening, I blogged about Cartography and the Moon, 1647 and Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687). While doing the research, I came across

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June 6, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Literary Arts Series / Monday Musings / Quote / Writing

Mark Twain on Writing: “Kill your adjectives”

Mark Twain, who read widely, was passionately interested in the problems of style; the mark of the strictest literary sensibility

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