Morgan W.
Subscriber since: July 2008
Location:
Claremore,
OK
About Me
I am a domestic artist, residing in a small town in the prettiest part of what can be a backward, unevolved, and tornado-swept state. My hobbies are too numerous to list, but include gardening, chickens, illustration, reading, toymaking, wildlife conservation and home improvement. My secondary education is limited, due to the conflicts of childrearing, but I do have Associate degrees or certification in commercial art, philosophy, psychology, and emergency management. I reluctantly withdrew from my pre-med course of study to be a full time parent. My husband is an engineer, and I am homeschooling my 9 year old gifted daughter. The eldest(20) and youngest(4)children are both boys. As a child I used to read the dictionary and invent my own words, with the goal of inventing an entire new language from scratch.
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Favorite Word:
SchadenfreudeIt is not enough to merely delight in our own happy circumstance, for it is a sweeter joy when our lot is compared to those upon whom fate does not smile kindly. A guilty pleasure, but not a way of life. Such a mellifluous word for such a dark and indulgent pastime!
Favorite Quote:
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."
- H.P. Lovecraft
Favorite Topics:
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2 Comments
Fiction writing:
The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012
- 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011
- 12 Comments
Language arts:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
- 2 Comments
How to Teach Setting: Beyond Time and Place
May 29, 2013
- 4 Comments
Linguists:
A Linguist Answers, "Why Do I Do What I Do?"
January 17, 2011
Telling the Life Stories of Words
December 7, 2010
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5 Comments
Storytelling:
Type Casting
January 24, 2012
- 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011
- 5 Comments
Teaching:
Turning the Page: Short Fiction for English Language Learners
June 17, 2013
- 2 Comments
Writing Prompts for Students: How to Strike the Right Balance
June 4, 2013
- 1 Comment
Word Origins:
When Words Get Fossilized
June 19, 2013
- 1 Comment
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
April 23, 2013
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