Saturday’s Mix–22 July 2017
Welcome back for another addition of Saturday’s Mix. This week we’re looking at point of view and animal stories. I’ve long loved animals, and some of my favorite books as … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–15 July 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. Today we’re going to explore characterization, the way a character is revealed throughout the story. As a teen, my sister and I would go to … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–08 July 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. This week, I thought we’d look at silhouettes. As a photographer, I love silhouettes. They have wonderful contrast of light and dark to reveal the … Continue reading
Saturday’s Hunt-01 July 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. Today we’re going to look at emotions and personification, ascribing human qualities to non-human things. There’s a wide range of emotions out there, and authors … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–24 June 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. I recently had the wonderful adventure of going out into my Back Forty and playing hide-and-goat-seek. You know–the mother goat takes her twin kids to … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–17 June 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix! Today is all about 17. Yep. The number 17– Seventeen is a prime number. It is also the sum of the first four prime numbers … Continue reading
Saturday Mix–10 June 2017
So sorry I’m late posting. I haven’t figured out how to schedule a post, and I’m still busy kidding. Here it is a bit late… Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–3 June 2017
Welcome back to Saturday’s Mix. I am currently in the middle of having kids on the farm. It’s a fun and hectic time, so I thought we’d try to embrace … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–20 May 2017
Welcome to another addition of Saturday’s Mix. Today we are going to focus on the Homeric or epic simile. Hopefully, we all know that a simile is a comparison using … Continue reading
Saturday’s Mix–May 13, 2017
Welcome to Saturday’s Mix. Once again I’m looking to my English classes for inspiration. There is a wonderful tradition of medieval romantic writing–knights and chivalry; King Arthur and the round … Continue reading
