30 Second Story…….Esther’s Obedience School

October 16, 2011

Esther was an amazing trainer.  In just one afternoon, she had taught both her husband and dog to sit and stay on command by merely holding one of her homemade cookies above their heads.   Scruffy wagged his tail with delight as he sat on the porch gobbling his treat.  Jim enjoyed his cookie as […]

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Inside the Rabbit’s studio.

October 13, 2011

My friend Rabbit did a post today titled, Another Year,  where he answered the final questions that James Lipton asks his guests on Inside the Actor’s Studio. This list has become a once a year ritual for Rabbit and it’s interesting to see what changes from year to year.  As Rabbit said, “I encourage you […]

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The Jotter Pages….what’s his name part II

October 3, 2011

The Jotter Pages are a glimpse into one of my many notebooks.  The italics are the actual writings from my jotter and the roman type are my comments today.  This entry takes place in Florence, Italy 1984.  Part I of this story can be found by clicking here and apparently somewhere between  part I and […]

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60 Second Story…..Bald Mary & the 5th graders

September 29, 2011

Dear 5th grade students, It was an absolute pleasure spending time with you this week discussing what it is like to be a writer.  Your enthusiasm and creativity blew me away.  As I mentioned, I have a running feature here at Jotter Girl called 30 Second Stories where I take an old photograph that I […]

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The Jotter Pages…..what’s his name?

September 27, 2011

The Jotter Pages are a glimpse into one of my many notebooks.  The italics are the actual writings from my jotter and the roman type are my comments today.  This entry takes place in Florence, Italy 1984 _________________________ Saturday Afternoon After my visit to the Galleria dell’Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David, I stopped at a […]

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