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Upper Crust

  • Posted on April 26, 2018April 25, 2018
  • by Gwynne Monahan

As I sit eating cereal for dinner, watching an episode of MasterChef that involves making Beef Wellington, I find myself swirling a series of questions in my head.

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Calculus for the Auditory Learner

  • Posted on April 19, 2018April 10, 2018
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Returning to the three-story brick building, meeting with the same friendly, portly man who conducted the assessments, I learn my results.

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I Remember (Exercise)

  • Posted on March 15, 2015March 14, 2015
  • by Gwynne Monahan

A situation/event divided into two lists. For the first list, every line starts with “I remember.” For the second list, every line starts with “I don’t remember.” There is a difference.

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Declarative Statements

  • Posted on May 30, 2014
  • by Gwynne Monahan

A couple weeks into the Live Lit class, the instructor took us out into the hallway where he set down four pieces of paper: two labeled "AGREE" and two labeled "DISAGREE." He put them in separate corners so that no…

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Live Lit @StoryStudio Second Descriptive Exercise

  • Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014
  • by Gwynne Monahan

The second descriptive exercise, also two minutes. For this one, we had to pick one of three things, and I choose a weather event. The first descriptive exercise is here. I hugged the Starburst tightly to my chest as we…

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Live Lit Assignment @StoryStudio: Diatribe

  • Posted on May 1, 2014May 1, 2014
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Live Lit assignment was to pick a public figure, not political or religious, and write, well, a diatribe. The other stories in class were excellent. One on Walt Disney, one on PowerPoint and one on a guy who runs an…

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