Face it: some scores can never truly be settled. You can try tit-for-tat, you can scheme and plan, but making things even? Not a chance; the other guy is probably […]
Author Archives: Terri Schlichenmeyer
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Mother’s Day books for kids
Every day, your Mom or Grandma does nice things for you. She fixes your lunch and dinner, makes sure your clothes are clean and that you have a safe place […]
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‘Black Girls Gardening’
In a way, it’s kind of a little miracle. You place tiny little seeds in dirt – DIRT! – and you keep it damp. Wait a week or so, and […]
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‘Growing Up Urkel’ offers insight into child stardom
At some point in the next few weeks, somebody’s going to bring up “that story.”You know the one: That Story happened 15 or 20 years ago, when you were a […]
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When the shark bites with his pearly whites
Oh, those teeth!Your finger practically bleeds just looking at them: three rows of perfect, razor-sharp white triangles that you know are gonna hurt. They’re inside a mouth made for swallowing […]
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‘Half American’ tells story of Blacks in World War II
If something’s going to get done around here, you’re volunteering because things need to be different and you’re ready and willing to make it happen. This starts with you because, […]
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“More to Life”
“Keep this to yourself!”
That’s the way big dreams start: don’t tell anyone….
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Spark a child’s curiosity with new book ‘Power Up’
You can run fast and jump high. You can smile and sing and catch a ball. You might even..
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Poverty won’t quell dreams of a determined young man
Three words that are a shorthand reminder to be…
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Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
The clowns at your job dominate Ring Number One. Ring Number Two features The
Juggler (you) and your checkbook, schedule, chore list, and family obligations. And in
Ring Number Three, there’s a wild combination of the other two. Run away and join the
circus? Yeah, that’s already happened but in the new book “Truevine” by Beth Macy, it
was far from voluntary.
