#WordWednesday Many language-related gems are sent to me or pointed out by friends, which I appreciate & enjoy. I offer two of these little beauties for your pleasure: slugabed & grumbletonian #wordplay #fun #etymology #amwriting #WordOfTheDay FullPost: facebook.com/kate.thompson.…

#CaptionThis If you haven't played #CaptionThis, give it a try. If you have, give it a try again. Get your creative juices flowing. P.S. It can count as writing time. :-P #wordplay #amwriting

#FridayFeeling I'm feeling pretty good that I almost feel like I'm coming back to the world. #amwriting #wrtr2wtr #peaceful

Manitoulin writer's treasured memories of Syria | Sudbury Star #Manitoulin #Syria #book thesudburystar.com/2018/06/28/man…

#WordWednesday Although most of us probably know at least one fudgeler, perendinator, grufeler or lanspresado, let us hope never to be one. Well, not too often, anyway. FullPost: facebook.com/kate.thompson.… #wordplay #etymology #words

#WordWednesday: notel -- An establishment that caters to illicit liaisons and is the first place a private eye will look. #wordplay #wordfun

2018 Book Festival | National Book Festival - Library of Congress - loc.gov/bookfest/ Looks like a wonderful line-up! #books #bookfair #writing #author

Winter projects keep island writers busy thesudburystar.com/opinion/column…

Please watch: youtube.com/watch?v=JojI71…

The main thing school students said was missing from this video was: "I'm worthless" Don't miss this video - it matters too much: What's Wrong? LAVA - Learning and Violence Action youtu.be/JojI71NYTYA via YouTube

"...each violent experience, large or small, echoes and vibrates with every other moment of violence in our lives." Read more in the latest dispatch: learningandviolence.net/2021/11/16/vio…

As educators, learners, and everyone who supports learning in any setting, I believe we need to think about this...

"Sometimes it seems like no one is looking at what's wrong with society. Sometimes it seems like everyone is just looking at what's wrong with us" Every educator, student, and... just everybody.... needs to spend 2 minutes watching youtu.be/S4t52M6WqGk

This post shows clearly what it looks like when new crimes reverberate with old crimes #victimsandsurvivorsofcrimeweek #morethantraumainformed #intergenerationaltrauma #Trauma

Read Echo to hear how intergenerational trauma lives on.... #victimsandsurvivorsofcrimeweek #morethantraumainformed #trauma #violence

A Learning and Violence Stance - number 3 of 7 messages for #victimsandsurvivorsofcrimeweek #morethantraumainformed. Don't miss these dispatches at LAVA.care

New blog post!! #educators #learning #growth #patience #compassion #curiosity #trauma #violence #residentialschoolsurvivors #racism #ablism #systemicracism #systemicoppression instagram.com/p/CWatWldLaiY/…