1. Kathleen Roxby writes about a favorite crayon color. Did you have a favorite as a child? Why was it your favorite? Or write about why you did or did not like drawing or using crayons.
2. What does the phrase “the great outdoors” make you think of?
3. As writers you are undoubtedly a book lover. Do you have a favorite book, style or writer? Tell us about that.

 

1. Both France and the United States have special days this month celebrating their break with monarchy and the start toward independence. What does independence or freedom mean to you?
2. There are three selection this month that focus on listening: to words and ideas, trees and nature, to the messages left in artifacts from other times. What is your favorite sound and why?
3. Be Someone Day occurs this month. What does it mean to “be someone?”
4. One poet this month suggest that friendship can be a burden. Do you agree or not? Are there inherit obligations, a sort of contract to which we agree when we choose a friend?

 

1. Both France and the United States have special days this month celebrating their break with monarchy and the start toward independence. What does independence or freedom mean to you?
2. There are three selections this month that focus on listening: to words and ideas, trees and nature, to the messages left in artifacts from other times. What is your favorite sound and why?
3. Be Someone Day occurs this month. What does it mean to “be someone?”
4. One poet this month suggests that friendship can be a burden. Do you agree or not? Are there inherit obligations, a sort of contract to which we agree when we choose a friend?

 

 

 

1. Margaret Roxby’s poem “Your Name Remembered,” suggests the importance of a name. Are you happy with your name? Why? Would you change it? How and why?
2. Nature’s effect on us is the subject of several pieces this month. What is your favorite or least favorite thing in nature? Why?
3. Dance features in three offerings this month, two poems and a memoir piece. How has dance impacted your life or that of someone you know? What are your feelings about dance? Do you believe it has value, is an art form, or a waste of time?
4. Forgiveness is potentially a wide topic: forgiveness of a person or persons you know, the forgiveness which does or does not follow war or institutional injustice, forgiveness of yourself, maybe more. Choose a point of view and write about your understanding, your experience.