Gloria R.
Subscriber since: September 2008
Location:
Santa Cruz, Moss Landing,
CA
About Me
I am 60 years old now.Learning has been a driving force in my life. Story-telling is both an act I do as well as a pleasure I indulge with unabridged mp3s of unusual content. Words are a passion of mine. I own many books, but cannot access them. My space on a live-aboard sailboat is shared and in a small harbor and habitat for protected wildlife.
Two of my children are married adults and very successful. I have one grandchild. My son died in 2002 at the age of 20. He had a terminal cancer that could not be identified or cured. His name is Beren. He loved music and played trombone, especially jazz. His death was an amazing experience because he was lucid and with family and friends. I'm a widow also.
My life is unusual and I have written about it in journals since I was 16. It has taken many turns mostly due to my curious nature. I am both hedonistic and open to knowledge. I shed my religious restricted upbringing, yet my mind and life are constantly in a state of flux.
Two of my children are married adults and very successful. I have one grandchild. My son died in 2002 at the age of 20. He had a terminal cancer that could not be identified or cured. His name is Beren. He loved music and played trombone, especially jazz. His death was an amazing experience because he was lucid and with family and friends. I'm a widow also.
My life is unusual and I have written about it in journals since I was 16. It has taken many turns mostly due to my curious nature. I am both hedonistic and open to knowledge. I shed my religious restricted upbringing, yet my mind and life are constantly in a state of flux.
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Favorite Word:
tangoI have learned to follow my passion in many ways after years of misery. It represents what is most important in my life. Joseph Campbell and Richard Bach have changed my way of being and thinking.The word tango tickles my fancy. If I danced, I would choose it as a goal to master.
Least Favorite Word:
judgmentalIt sucks. Who has the right to judge others? Guilt is another wasted use of thought and time.I wonder if I am not being judgmental now by my attitude.
Favorite Topics:
Books:
2009 National Book Awards
November 20, 2009
Author Bitten By Multiple Octopuses
November 13, 2009
November 13, 2009
Creativity:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collective Intelligence
July 30, 2008
Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year: "Admonish"
November 20, 2009
NOAD Word of the Year: "Unfriend"
November 17, 2009
Fiction writing:
Get Ready for NaNoWriMo!
October 28, 2009
Therese Walsh, Author of "The Last Will of Moira Leahy"
July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
Fun:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
Collecting Collective Nouns
November 13, 2009
How to write:
The Art of Phrasing
October 8, 2009
Five Simple Rules of Design Every Writer Should Know
October 5, 2009
October 5, 2009
Language arts:
How Does English Instruction Add Up?
November 9, 2009
The Magic of Three: Teaching Students about "Triplets"
October 28, 2009
Marketing:
Where Did They Get That Name?
December 29, 2008
December 29, 2008
Just Do It! Finding the Tagline to Voice the Brand
May 19, 2008
May 19, 2008
Media:
All the News That's Fit to... Teach
October 22, 2009
At the End of the Day, What's, You Know, Annoying? Whatever!
October 9, 2009
Naming:
You Can't Judge a Vook by Its Cover
October 19, 2009
October 19, 2009
Edward Gelsthorpe, Father of the Cran-Morph
October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
Online:
Collecting Collective Nouns
November 13, 2009
The Visual Thesaurus and The New York Times Team Up for Learning
October 29, 2009
Poetry:
Design, Then and Now
August 3, 2009
August 3, 2009
Puzzle:
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008
February 13, 2008
Spelling:
Beware the Colophon! The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
October 27, 2009
Nicholas Rushlow's Favorite Words (and a Killer Spelling Bee)
October 16, 2009
Students:
The Noun Game
November 16, 2009
Nicholas Rushlow's Favorite Words (and a Killer Spelling Bee)
October 16, 2009
Teachers:
Mourning and Celebrating: Lessons Learned at Stella Maris
November 4, 2009
Voice: The Least of Your Worries
October 26, 2009
Visual Thesaurus:
How the Visual Thesaurus Inspires the Blue Man Group
November 19, 2009
The Visual Thesaurus and The New York Times Team Up for Learning
October 29, 2009
Web tools:
Your Virtual Bookshelf
November 25, 2008
Is Dr. Johnson Rolling in His Grave?
October 21, 2008
WordMasters:
The November-December Wordmasters 2009 Challenge
October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009
WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Nov-Dec '09
October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009
Words:
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year: "Admonish"
November 20, 2009
Proscribe with Caution
November 18, 2009
November 18, 2009
Writer's block:
Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008
June 4, 2008
Writers:
2009 National Book Awards
November 20, 2009
Frank McCourt: Teacher, Storyteller
July 21, 2009
Writing:
How Does English Instruction Add Up?
November 9, 2009
The Magic of Three: Teaching Students about "Triplets"
October 28, 2009
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