An Index to the First LitChatte Blogs Ever, Written January 19 through February 28, 2016 I introduced the LitChatte.com Blog less than weeks ago and have posted stories and essays on
Month: February 2016
Learning About Life and French with Dr. Lydia Aiken-Wilson
Dr. Lydia Aiken-Wilson states, at the beginning of her Intermediate French class, that she wants her students to translate, from English to French, the African proverb “An old person dying
White as Milk: Using Synesthesia to Create New Beginnings
Our poetry workshop at LLI (LLIChesterfield.org) focused on the literary term, Synesthesia, which may also be a technique that combines images from each of the human senses, i.e. sight, sound, taste,
Walking with Eddie: Edgar Allan Poe and Science—Part I
This article was originally written by Murray Ellison and is being republished by him here with the generous permission of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia (www.poemuseum.org). The
Me and My Dwone : A Follow up to “Inventing a Drone to Retrieve My Mail?”
This Blog is part II of Stan Nickel’s original article in this Blog, “Inventing a Drone to Retrieve My Mail?” Editor’s Note: Please don’t ask, this article was not written
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Poem Starter Lines: Is Friendship With Men Like Friendship With Birds?
In my last poetry workshop at LLI (LLIChesterfield.org), I introduced and illustrated poem-starter lines. Using John Drury’s Creating Poetry book, I introduced the topic and provided some of his examples.
More from Our Poetry Workshop: “Iron City” & “Ode to a Groundhog”
Bob Ferguson of www.LLIChesterfield.org wrote a tribute to the Iron City. He explains the setting of the poem below. In class, he mentioned that he was familiar with this area
Ode to the Woodchuck
I recently wrote a blog called “Why is the Blue Rainbow Laughing.” It was about a poetry workshop I am leading at Lifelong Learning Institute in Chesterfield, Virginia. I asked
Inventing a Drone to Retrieve My Mail?
This article has been reprinted with permissions from the author, Stan Nickel, and from its original publication source, The February 2016, MennoNet Magazine of The First Mennonite Church of Richmond