Today is the book birthday of Sense of Play! This story was ten years (and a lifetime) in the making.
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May 29, 2022
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Creative Process,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
In the middle of last year, I was at a loss for words. I didn’t have any assigned writing projects or deadlines. I had been receiving lots of rejections from publishers (a part of the...
December 26, 2021
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Creative Process,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
For Christmas many years ago, my aunt gave me a small flat package wrapped in red foil paper. Inside was a story my grandmother had written for a school assignment back in 1914 when she...
July 6, 2021
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Books
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Dana Rau
I like the word tenacious. It can describe someone who is determined, strong, and never takes no for an answer. It’s the perfect adjective to describe Juliette Gordon Low, nicknamed Daisy.
April 6, 2021
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Books
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Dana Rau
This past year has been topsy-turvy and nonsensical in so many ways. I’ve often felt like Alice in Wonderland, trying to make sense of the surreal.
February 14, 2021
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Creative Process,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
When I enter a bookstore or gift store, I’m immediately drawn to the journals. They come in all shapes and sizes, lined and unlined, covers for every taste: flowered, funky, silly, or serene. Slick, soft, leather,...
May 26, 2020
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Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
In the summer of 2018, a soccer ball appeared at the edge of our yard. I figured it had rolled through the woods and down the hill from the house next door where three toddler/preschool...
March 5, 2020
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Books,Writerly Life
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Dana Rau
Recently cleaning out our childhood home, my family uncovered lots of treasures. We sold off some in a tag sale, which was dominated by tables and tables of books. But some books I held on...
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