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Our Mountain

Starting in September, we’re climbing a mountain. Every four weeks, we’ll bring a book to life.
It is our goal to turn ideas into actions, and so we’ve chosen books full of ideas that we like.
Week 1: We’ll read to you.
Week 2: We’ll ask you questions
Week 3: We’ll do something, inspired by the book, and show [...]

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Sitting In It

By Leigh

fleur de leigh photography
As I peer into the looking glass this morning, the reflection I see scares me a little.  It is the face of honest fear.  Time to “Sit In It” as the five of us bloggers say.  To face fear head on and expose its roots. Here the ladies and gents at [...]

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Why Write?

“Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable. ” -Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence & Spirit
Brenda Ueland said she had only two rules she followed in life: to tell the truth, and not to do anything she didn’t want [...]

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Clownin’ Around

Today’s Show-N-Tell post is by @CTK1, who I met recently after her fantastically whimsical post about posting on blogs, featured on Roger Hjulstrom’s (@booksbelow) site. You have to read it. Today, she is showing and telling about her friend Stinky and asking us some questions about how we define ‘growing up.’ 

 
 
Do you like clowns? I do. [...]

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Bad Ass of the Week

What would you say to Amelia Earhart were you given the chance? I’d say, “You’re my kinda ALICE Amelia. Thank you for blazing the trail for the rest of us… now let’s go catch some toads.”

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The Caterpillar

Today’s Under the Glass segment is a guest post from one of our regular readers and collaborators, John Best, of Manchester, England. He is currently working on a novel, as he well should be, and blogs about the journey here, if you care to follow along.

“The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some [...]

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Ode to Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron’s I Feel Bad About My Neck
A few favorite Ephron films:
(Falling in love over letters. Granted, email, but still.)

(Love this father/son dialogue as well as the girlfriends’ moment at the end.)

(Would love to hear whether you girls (and guys) agree.)

Any favorite Ephron moments?

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This Is My “Looking Glass”

This is only a “thing,” you might say. Comprised of glass, dials, metal and buttons. Yet there are things that serve in some ways as an extension of our unique selves, limb-like and as natural as our own carbon makeup.  What I have noticed is that when you have them, you lose track of time, [...]

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Skydiving Into the Rabbit Hole

Okay… you may think this is a totally random “Alice” selection. But I was so inspired by Peter Shankman (of HARO fame) while listening to his keynote speech last week. He’s my Alice because he’s an authentic representation of where my head has been lately. I think his approach to life is sooo “looking glass.” Watch the video and [...]

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Anatomy of a Superhero

Surrounded by my extended family, especially a bevy of impressionable young nieces, we are lamenting in the lack of cool superheros. Between them, they can hardly name a one. My eight-year-old chimes in “Well…except you, Mom.” And then we all laugh. “Each of you is a superhero. You just need to learn what your [...]