Checking out of life with Kristin Lavrandotter
Checking Out with Kristin Lavransdatter
Checking out of life with Kristin Lavrandotter
History, Real Life, and Faith
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Checking out of life with Kristin Lavrandotter
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How to know when you finished researching and it’s time to write?
in Life's challenges· Traveler's Tales· US Navy
My family loved visiting the London war zone. Married to a now-retired naval officer, I’m still often involved in military matters and that holds particularly true while on vacation. We’ve actually dubbed some of our trips by the wars we wound up investigating. There was the infamous French and Indian War trip (Maine, Quebec, Fort Ticonderoga), the Civil War outings…
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in Family Life· Laughter· Life's challenges
Patterning a woman’s motherhood based on childhood books.
in Family Life· Historical Research· Life's challenges· Writing Life
Can you pinpoint a moment in your life when everything changed? You wouldn’t have recognized it at the time. But a seemingly random, minor event diverted your life or maybe your happiness, forever. One decision: Where are my papers? If I run, can I catch that train? Why won’t my watch work? And the course of your life spins away. Some people…
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in Life's challenges· Writing Life
I spent my twenty-first birthday in the University Research Library writing a paper on King Lear. It was the Friday before finals and my 20-page Shakespeare paper was my whole grade. Since I was taking four English classes that quarter, most of my grades were based on papers. This was the final one, due Monday. (Pity me. I took twelve…
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