SPLINTERS FOR MARCH 2022

  1. For Women’s History Month, choose a female you admire. Tell your readers about her. Why did you choose her, how has she impacted your life or the lives of others?
  2. Create your own fairy tale or write a spin-off on an old favorite. Write in prose or in poetry.
  3. March is full of Special Days, here are a few to spark your ideas:
    1. FOOD: Popcorn Lovers Day, Peanut Butter Lovers Day, Potato Chip Day
    2. NATURE: International Earth Day, Plant A Flower Day, Learn About Butterflies Day, Goddess Of Fertility Day, Take A Walk In The Park Day.
    3. SOCIAL AWARENESS: Peace Corps Day, World Compliment Day, World Day Of Prayer, Hug a GI Day, Freedom of Information Day, among others.
    4. ANIMALS: Puppy Day, World Sparrow Day, Giant Panda Day, Buzzards Day, If Pets Had Thumbs Day.
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SPLINTERS FOR FEBRUARY 2022

  1. February 5 is Rosa Parks Day. Do you have memories of the Civil Rights Movement of her time? Perhaps you have thought about the same subject in current conditions in the US?
    1. Write a poem or memoir essay to express these thoughts.
    2. Write a tribute to champion(s) of human/civil rights.
  2. February 7 is Send a Card to a Friend Day. Have you lost touch with a friend?
    1. Write a message to the friend or the message you wish the friend would send to you.
    2. Are friendship cards obsolete? What is your opinion?
  3. February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Thoughts of love and friendship abound.
    1. Remembered love, the immediacy of first love, the enduring love. All can be captured in a poem. Choose one and create your poem.
    2. Or write a memory from childhood about homemade or store-bought Valentine cards, the candies you shared with a friend, or other related memory.
  4. This month has a day that honors the telling of Fairy Tales.
    1. Do you have a favorite? Why? Or, one you hate? Why?
    2. Do you have a fairy tale of your own you would like to share?
    3. Rewrite a well-known fairy tale or create a spin-off tale.
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SPLINTERS FOR FEBRUARY 2022

  1. February 5 is Rosa Parks Day. Do you have memories of the Civil Rights Movement of her time? Perhaps you have thought about the same subject in current conditions in the US?
    1. Write a poem or memoir essay to express these thoughts.
    2. Write a tribute to champion(s) of human/civil rights.
  2. February 7 is Send a Card to a Friend Day. Have you lost touch with a friend?
    1. Write a message to the friend or the message you wish the friend would send to you.
    2. Are friendship cards obsolete? What is your opinion?
  3. February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Thoughts of love and friendship abound.
    1. Remembered love, the immediacy of first love, the enduring love. All can be captured in a poem. Choose one and create your poem.
    2. Or write a memory from childhood about homemade or store-bought Valentine cards, the candies you shared with a friend, or other related memory.
  4. This month has a day that honors the telling of Fairy Tales.
    1. Do you have a favorite? Why? Or, one you hate? Why?
    2. Do you have a fairy tale of your own you would like to share?
    3. Rewrite a well-known fairy tale or create a spin-off tale.
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SPLINTERS FOR FEBRUARY 2022

  1. February 5 is Rosa Parks Day. Do you have memories of the Civil Rights Movement of her time? Perhaps you have thought about the same subject in current conditions in the US?
    1. Write a poem or memoir essay to express these thoughts.
    2. Write a tribute to champion(s) of human/civil rights.
  2. February 7 is Send a Card to a Friend Day. Have you lost touch with a friend?
    1. Write a message to the friend or the message you wish the friend would send to you.
    2. Are friendship cards obsolete? What is your opinion?
  3. February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Thoughts of love and friendship abound.
    1. Remembered love, the immediacy of first love, the enduring love. All can be captured in a poem. Choose one and create your poem.
    2. Or write a memory from childhood about homemade or store-bought Valentine cards, the candies you shared with a friend, or other related memory.
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SPLINTERS FOR FEBRUARY 2022

  1. February is Black History Month. Do you have memories of the Civil Rights Movement of her time? Perhaps you have thought about the same subject in current conditions in the US?
    1. Write a poem or memoir essay to express these thoughts.
    2. Write a tribute to champion(s) of human/civil rights.
  2. February 7 is Send a Card to a Friend Day. Have you lost touch with a friend?
    1. Write a message to the friend or the message you wish the friend would send to you.
    2. Are friendship cards obsolete? What is your opinion?
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SPLINTERS FOR JANUARY 2022

  1. Do you have a favorite quote from book, poem, movie, or other source?
    1. What is the quote and why is it your favorite?
    2. Like Margaret Roxby, write an imagined conversation with the person/character who produced the quote.
  2. Do you have a favorite food memory from childhood?
    1. Why was it your favorite? Is it still?
    2. Maybe your memory is a hated food. Why? Do you still hate it?
  3. The Holocaust is remembered this month. Prejudices seem to abound in this world.
    1. Have you ever encountered prejudice, either personally or as a witness? Tell us about that.
    2. What are your thoughts about the holocaust or perhaps a holocaust museum?
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SPLINTERS FOR JANUARY 2022

  1. Do you have a favorite quote from book, poem, movie, or other source?
    1. What is the quote and why is it your favorite?
    2. Like Margaret Roxby, write an imagined conversation with the person/character who produced the quote.
  2. Do you have a favorite food memory from childhood?
    1. Why was it your favorite? Is it still?
    2. Maybe your memory is a hated food. Why? Do you still hate it?
  3. The Holocaust is remembered this month. Prejudices seem to abound in this world.
    1. Have you ever encountered prejudice, either personally or as a witness? Tell us about that.
    2. What are your thoughts about the holocaust or perhaps a holocaust museum?
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SPLINTERS FOR JANUARY 2022

  1. Do you have a favorite quote from book, poem, movie, or other source?
    1. What is the quote and why is it your favorite?
    2. Like Margaret Roxby, write an imagined conversation with the person/character who produced the quote.
  2. Do you have a favorite food memory from childhood?
    1. Why was it your favorite? Is it still?
    2. Maybe your memory is a hated food. Why? Do you still hate it?
  3. The Holocaust is remembered this month. Prejudices seem to abound in this world.
    1. Have you ever encountered prejudice, either personally or as a witness? Tell us about that.
    2. What are your thoughts about the holocaust or perhaps a holocaust museum?
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SPLINTERS FOR JANUARY 2022

  1. Do you have a favorite quote from book, poem, movie, or other source?
    1. What is the quote and why is it your favorite?
    2. Like Margaret Roxby, write an imagined conversation with the person/character who produced the quote.
  2. Do you have a favorite food memory from childhood?
    1. Why was it your favorite? Is it still?
    2. Maybe your memory is a hated food. Why? Do you still hate it?
  3. The Holocaust is remembered this month. Prejudices seem to abound in this world.
    1. Have you ever encountered prejudice, either personally or as a witness? Tell us about that.
    2. What are your thoughts about the holocaust or perhaps a holocaust museum?
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SPLINTERS FOR JANUARY 2022

  1. Do you have a favorite quote from book, poem, movie, or other source?
    1. What is the quote and why is it your favorite?
    2. Like Margaret Roxby, write an imagined conversation with the person/character who produced the quote.
  2. Do you have a favorite food memory from childhood?
    1. Why was it your favorite? Is it still?
    2. Maybe your memory is a hated food. Why? Do you still hate it?
  3. The Holocaust is remembered this month. Prejudices seem to abound in this world.
    1. Have you ever encountered prejudice, either personally or as a witness? Tell us about that.
    2. What are your thoughts about the holocaust or perhaps a holocaust museum?
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