by Caroline Franklin | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized |
A writer is a person tasked with a difficult job—to take words and make them beautiful. Writers paint vital images for their readers, images that stimulate the mind, images that satisfy, bewilder, and fascinate the human psyche. This art, the art of writing, is crucial to society, to education, and to the shaping of our world. (more…)
by Caroline Franklin | Oct 6, 2016 | Events and News |
A little girl sat at a desk that her father painted for her, complete with drawer handles carved into butterflies and located in such a way that it faced the prime species of pear trees for climbing, which lie just beyond the windowsill. A feeling of failure rushed through her veins as her hands flew rapidly in an attempt to hit something or someone. (more…)