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Thankfulness and a Post About Parents

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on November 29, 2025November 29, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone! I’ve been busy this week, as most of you have been.…

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Poetry Friday: Oh, the Joy!

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on March 15, 2024

Happy Poetry Friday, Friends! This week saw considerable progress on the upcoming new anthology Picture…

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  • Adult Education

Managing Health Care Today

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on July 6, 2022

My blog was posted to Medium.com today. You can view the piece here. I am…

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  • Christmas

Poetry Friday: Carols

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on December 23, 2021December 24, 2021

I’ve long known what my name means. My given name, Carol, means joyous song. It…

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  • aging

Slice of Life Tuesday: Personal Effects

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on October 12, 2021

Over the last month, I’ve written several times about a health crisis our family had…

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  • friendship

On the Verge: Reflection on the Tendency to Ruminate

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Last night I awoke at 1:40 a.m.. I was wide awake, bothered by thoughts that…

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  • American Experience

Silent Sunday: A Hike on the Not So Wild Side, Halfway Creek Trail, Wisconsin

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020
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The Dead of Winter Is When You Notice What You Are Missing….

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  • Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

It is mid-February and typically not a great time of year for me. We have…

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  • family

Ten Things I (re)Learned in the Last Ten Days

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

Tuesdays are always a day I put a little more consideration into the topic on…

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  • intensities

Intensity: A Poem

  • by theapplesinmyorchard
  • Posted on October 18, 2017October 18, 2017

Intensity, hard to live with even harder for others to understand. Thoughts consume as they…

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Kathryn Apel

Children's Author, Poet, Presenter

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Word Dancer: Literature, the Arts, & Education

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Be Inspired..!!

Listen to your inner self..it has all the answers..

Andrea, illustrator

Illustrations to make you smile, laugh and sometimes, think 😉

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Word(s) . Light . Life

Becky's Book Blog

I'm going on an adventure!

Becky's Book Blog

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Funny Blogs With A Hint Of Personal Development

Rattle: Poetry

… without pretension since 1995.

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the poet's billow

a resource for moving poetry

Ethical ELA

for teachers by teachers

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Children's Author

Sparks From A Combustible Mind

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Tammy Evans Writer

short fiction writer * writing teacher

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