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100% Literacy

michelle — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:46:20 +0000

The following is my attempt at creating a digital artifact for a course I’m doing through the University of Edinburgh. I’m sharing it here for assessment as well as for feedback. (With very special thanks to Ruthie for her sterling job as a model!) Share the journey: Related posts:Practice Motherhood! Five Things I Learned on Twitter Last Week (don’t you wish you had too?) I Call You Mom (on the occasion of my mom-in-law’s 70th) Related posts:

Endings and Beginnings

michelle — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:41:02 +0000

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'... ~ Alfred Tennyson 2012 was a really rough year. For myself, and for my family. You know the saying, it never rains, it pours? Well, that was my life, o

I Call You Mom (on the occasion of my mom-in-law’s 70th)

michelle — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 08:34:34 +0000

“I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.” ― Maya Angelou I call you mom, not because I am married to your son, but because that is what you are to me. You welcomed me into your family and have loved me unconditiona Related posts:In Honour of 5 Women Who Have Mothered Me The Honour of Motherhood There’s Never a First Time Related posts:

There’s Never a First Time

michelle — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:42:52 +0000

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya Angelou The first time I chose to have sex was when I was nineteen. I’d been dating my boyfriend for about eight months and I loved him deeply. I felt Related posts:Six things you can do to make a stand against Xenophobia…or I am proudly South African! Pamper Pack for a Rape Victim The Secret of Creating a Roadmap for Your Life – Part 2 Related posts:

9 Reasons Why You Should Masturbate

michelle — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:40:23 +0000

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation. ~ Lily Tomlin I had an interesting conversation about sex with a friend the other day, and it led me to thinking about female sexuality and how it is vie Related posts:5 Reasons Why Twitter is a Powerful Learning Tool Daughters and Sons Change What Money Makes You Feel Related posts:

Why You Should Never Cancel Girls Night Out!

michelle — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:29:57 +0000

In my friend, I find a second self. ~ Isabel Norton Female friendships are something of a spiritual thing. They are healing in a way that a relationship with a man can never be - and this is in no way meant to demean my husband, whom I love Related posts:Correcting Your Course 11 Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees Pondering Pleasure – True Friends Related posts:

Pondering Pleasure – Children and Friends Near and Far

michelle — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:34:57 +0000

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese Looking back on the 2nd week I have spent in bed, I have been contemplating the subtle difference between happiness and pleasure. To me, happiness has always been fleeting, caught

The Benefits of Forced Solitude

michelle — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:02:23 +0000

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone. ~Paul Johannes Tillich I have spent the last two weeks (four to go) for the Related posts:Do You Also Feel That Connection Is Stunting Creativity? Some Things I’ve Learned Over the Last 45 Years… 4 Reasons Why I Haven’t Blogged Recently- (and why it’s okay) Related posts:

Pondering Pleasure – True Friends

michelle — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:53:55 +0000

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. ~ Anais Nin Taking a page out of the ‘book’ of one of my favourite bloggers, Britt Reintz , who bl Related posts:Is Your Cup Half Full or Half Empty? From Little Acorn to Big Oak (or Reaching your Potential) I am African, I am Woman Related posts:

Death and Atonement

michelle — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:28:22 +0000

"There is no moral high ground, only being true to what you believe." ~ Michelle Robertson (that would be me) I want to take this opportunity to thank my family and friends for all their support and love over the last few months. It’s been Related posts:Self Chatter! (or, The Little Voice Inside) – Self Esteem Part Two A letter to my daughter 3 Reasons Why Women Have the Power to Change the World! Related posts: