Marissa Bracke

Field Trip Time! Guest Post at FreakRevolution.com

December 23, 2009 Conundrums

My post, An Ode to My Creative Spark: A Love Letter in Five Parts, is at the Freak Revolution blog.
Wait no longer! Run on over and check it out!

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Ketchup: The Best of 2009, December 1st through 9th

December 19, 2009 Behind The Monitor

Gwen Bell has a fantastic “Best of ‘09” project happening. Its hub is at her blog, but over 650 bloggers and Twitterers are participating, so it’s definitely far-reaching.
I’ve wanted to participate since its first day (December 1st), but, true to form, I kept putting off my blog-writing. And here we are at December 19th. I’m [...]

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Monday Mashup #6: Ten Kings

November 30, 2009 Monday Mashups

The Monday Mashup is an experiment, designed to get my creative juices flowing. I get a random word and a random number, and I write a list based on that mashup. I’m not going to require myself to make the list perfect or expert–just requiring myself to do it consistently. At least for now.
This week’s [...]

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The Grateful-Fors: 50 things I’m grateful for today

November 26, 2009 Behind The Monitor

Inspired by (a) the fact that it’s American Thanksgiving today, (b) Havi Brooks’ brilliant take on The Lentil Game, and (c) my heart’s desire to acknowledge the happy amongst the hard right now, I present a list of 50 people, things, ideas, happenings, etc. for which I’m grateful in big and small ways.
This list is [...]

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Goodbye, Grandma

November 19, 2009 Behind The Monitor

Dear Grandma,
You got comfy in your recliner yesterday afternoon. Snuggled up with your blanket, in that soft pink and white striped top you loved, with a kleenex or two tucked up in your sleeve. “I’m just really, really tired,” you said as you reclined in your favorite chair.
And just a few minutes after falling asleep, [...]

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