Rahla L.
Subscriber since: September 2005
About Me
ran nonprofits for many years; retired prof; volunteer grandma reader in an elementary school; love giving back to family and community.
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Favorite Word:

grace
what we most need to express toward others, and toward ourselves.
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Least Favorite Word:

fear
Get rid of it. It is the noise in the dark that makes us think it has power. It does not!
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Favorite Quote:

"O God, take our tiny acorns of service and turn them into towering oak trees of hope."
- Marian Wright Edelman

Favorite Topics:

Books:

Surveying the Mind-Boggling Diversity of American English
February 8, 2012 - 4 Comments
I DARE Say!
January 17, 2012

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Reading:

The Power of General Statements
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments