by Xianna Michaels | Jul 16, 2014 | Editorial
amazon On my playlist are many songs from classical American Musical Theater. One of my favorites is a rousing production number from Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. It’s called “The Wells Fargo Wagon.” The townspeople of 1912 River City, Iowa, line up to await the...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 14, 2014 | Editorial
art I recently did a workshop in the first grade class of one of my granddaughters. I’ve done such workshops many times – on poetry, art, calligraphy, medieval manuscripts – with the emphasis dependent upon the grade level and the wishes of the teacher. I titled this...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 12, 2014 | Books
Books Mindel and The Misfit Dragons was an amazing book. I love how she was so persistent and how even though the dragons looked to be misfits, they had a place where they belonged. I think that the moral is no matter how much it may seem that you’re a misfit, G-d...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 7, 2014 | Editorial
candy The exact nature/nurture divide is still being debated, but when it comes to chocolate, I have it from both sides. I was raised in a household with a father who loved chocolate and a mother who loved to bake. It was considered normal to have chocolate cake or...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 3, 2014 | Editorial
american Independence Day is the birthday of our country, the day the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The first one to sign the Declaration was John Hancock, in a script said to be large enough that the British King George III...
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