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Barbara Chepaitis

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I once asked a college class I was teaching to give me their biographies using one piece of paper, any way they wanted. I got back origami, paper airplanes, essays, crayola drawings and more - which made for some fun, instead of reading insipid, uninspired lists of facts.
My biography, using one piece of paper, would be a drawing of a tree, with roots reaching down through the darkest part of the earth toward its molten core, and branches straining toward the stars.
Birds, a few monkeys, a jaguar, and a million fireflies would populate the branches hung with all kinds of fruit and flowers. And it would be a big tree. Very big indeed.
Big as a soul.

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	Feeding Christine 3.09 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Dreams 3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Unpredictable 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feathers of Hope: Pete Dubacher, The Berkshire Bird Paradise, and the Human Connection With Birds 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving Eagle Mitch: One Good Deed in a Wicked World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Vogeltuin 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DOGGEREL: Pomes For Hoomins & Other Friends by Ziggy Stardust, Barbara Chepaitis (Goodreads Author), Steve Sawicki it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	SOMETHING UNPREDICTABLE by Barbara Chepaitis (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Barbara Chepaitis's Blog: http://aliterarylunch.blogspot.com/2015/07/frying-mad.h

MAGIC OF THE BRIDGE

Small Bridge. Big Magic

Lately everyone is yelling about walls, one way or another. I’m not a fan of building giant walls to keep people out, though I am fond of other kinds of walls - the ones my house is made of are all good, for instance. They keep us tucked in during the winter. They shelter us. And they have doors so other folks can join us in our shelter.
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“See who you are. Be what you see.”
― Barbara Chepaitis, The Fear Principle

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“Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

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“See who you are. Be what you see.”
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