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By: litpark » LitPark will re-open in September

litpark » LitPark will re-open in September — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:13:35 +0000

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litpark » By Request — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:41:30 +0000

[...] at 5:25 pm Sorry to make so many announcements, but for those still hanging out here, this is from Jill Gurr, a past guest on [...]

By: Carolyn Burns Bass

Carolyn Burns Bass — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:31:07 +0000

I love it when someone new pops into these older posts.

Susan said:Educators are the most valuable members of our society.

And the least paid for the education they must obtain.

By: Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:56:35 +0000

Great to hear from you, Marian. Educators are the most valuable members of our society.

By: Marian Kornberg

Marian Kornberg — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:05:54 +0000

I am currently employed with Los Angeles County Office of Education, working with the youth that have been disenchanted and disregarded by most. On top of all the weight they come to school with they also have learning deficits. I agree that the arts are a wonderful outlet for them and help reveal their needs.

By: Susan Henderson

Susan Henderson — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:59:56 +0000

Lori – Thanks for checking out the Create Now! site. I’m all signed up for the newsletter because I want to see what these kids create!

billie – Your own site is wonderful, by the way.

Ronlyn – How did I not know this about you? Where have you shopped this (auto)biography?

I love your photo on the Toth link. I have a full house and I’ll need to wait till the kids are back in school to hear the podcast, but I’m looking forward to it. I’ll link it again – for others and also as a reminder to me: http://tothnews.libsyn.com/

Juliet – What I love best is how she had what might have seemed an impossible dream and then didn’t even flinch about making it real. There’s a lesson!

lance – You’d make one hell of a mentor, you know? (Glad you got the package!)

Betsy – The cool thing is each mentor/teacher/administrator/volunteer/donor creates a ripple effect.

Carolyn – Can you imagine the feeling of power once someone realizes what they can create?

Jody – I’m laughing because you must know that I read Access Hollywood every morning before I read the news or start blogging. Everyone needs a little fluff in their life!

Robin – I couldn’t agree more. Art is as expendible as a person’s soul.

Jill – I’m going to re-post your motto because it’s so important: What you give out is what you get back! By the way, I’m following up on the other things we talked about …everything’s in motion.

Lynda – Welcome, and thank you for the work you do! I’m all signed up for the newsletter, but I’ll re-post the link:

http://www.createnow.org/sub_form.html

Barbara – Welcome to LitPark. And I agree, the world will be better off with these ideas take seed in new communities!

Carolyn – The stats are very high, I checked. The message is getting out.

Kimberly – I remember when Dave Eggers’ 826 was only in Valencia, and writers to take the idea to their own towns, and now they’re in San Francisco, NY, Seattle, Michigan, L.A., Chicago… Adding an east coast branch starts with a dream! I’m going to link Eggers now that I’m thinking of it: http://www.826valencia.org/

(I LOVE that you have a stack of LitPark books!!)

Noria – I burned out teaching, too. It’s humbling, hmm?

By: Noria

Noria — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:52:45 +0000

Jill, I used to be an inner-city high school English teacher (I burned out after just a few years) and I’m so grateful to you for doing what you do.

By: lance reynald

lance reynald — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:43:49 +0000

juliet- I fear it’s all a matter of tilting at windmills with queries like that.

(I think I’ve finally fallen to the need for the edit key)

By: lance reynald

lance reynald — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:42:18 +0000

juliet- I’m fear it’s all a matter of tilting at windmills with queries like those.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:38:21 +0000

ps – also just finished “Queen of the Oddballs”… can’t contain how much I love, love, LOVED that book! Thanks for the tip, Sue! I’m having so much fun with my Lit Park stack! It’s about ten books deep right now (9 now that ‘QotO’ is done) ‘The Year of Yes’ is next up – whee!