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Archives for December 2020

Grammar PSA: The Hawks Nest

Lyn Hawks · December 11, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Poor apostrophes; they get abused all the time. I get so mad about it, I actually dreamed up a teen girl/grammar nerd who runs around town defacing poorly-punctuated campaign signs. (My deepest, darkest desire is to do what she does.) RJ Haynes will have none of misplaced … [Read more...] about Grammar PSA: The Hawks Nest

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Creativity in the Time of Corona

Lyn Hawks · December 10, 2020 · 4 Comments

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There comes a time in your life where you need to overthrow What Is and live in the What If full time, and not just because a virus is raging. Right before Covid-19 struck, I requested personal leave at my job of 15 years. One reason was graduate school: in January, I'd just … [Read more...] about Creativity in the Time of Corona

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Some days I can’t remember phrases such as “ha Some days I can’t remember phrases such as “hand sanitizer“—“ You know, that purifying stuff “– or Tom Hanks‘s name – “You know, that actor on the island with the soccer ball?”— but by God, I can be a five-letter whiz every once in a while on Wordle! 😹

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