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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 39–A Safe Place
The prompt for this week asks us to write about a place in all of its sensory details where we felt safe. I wrote about two places that on the one hand represented safety, but on the other hand, in … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes–September 28, 2022
Some very quick things: Happy 5783!
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#52snapshots 2022 | Week 38–Natural Resources in Your Region
This week requires a list of natural resources near where you’ve lived or in your region. I chose to write about the flora and fauna in my neighborhood, starting with the plants and trees on our property: pink rhododendrons that … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes–September 21, 2022
Some very quick things: Here’s to a happy and healthy 5783! Happy New Year – L’shana tova!
#52snapshots 2022 | Week 37–Where You Have Lived
This week requires a list of places we’ve lived and note the natural resources surrounding those places. I suppose I could have written about the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey or the Meadowlands when we still called them the … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes–September 14, 2022
Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!
#52snapshots 2022 | Week 36–Where You Come From
This week calls for writing about where you come from–city/town, region, neighborhood. This is something I know a lot about since I authored four books about my northern New Jersey hometown (Images of America: Kearny, New Jersey; Kearny’s Immigrant Heritage; … Continue reading
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Mid-Week Field Notes–September 7, 2022
Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!
#52snapshots 2022 | Week 35–The School Cafeteria
In elementary school (Roosevelt School), everyone skipped home for lunch, even if that meant scarfing down a tuna sandwich in fifteen minutes, seeing who won Jeopardy with emcee Art Downs, and climbing the hill back to school. The only exception … Continue reading
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