Author: Amy Law
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DRAFT Why Me?
This section blurs the lines from magical realism of the last section, when Malik invites Zara into his world, and Nate, who just walks in the door. I wanted it to be an amusing way to get Nate into Malik’s world, but is it clear what is going on?
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Surprises at Main Reservoir
Earlier this week, I went on a walk around Main Reservoir with my friend Monika from Tails Around the Ranch. We had a fabulous time, looking at the birds and talking about dogs. As we walked, we saw some lovely white flowers on the side of the trail. I went back yesterday to get some…
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DRAFT What Dyslexia Looks Like
According to WordPress, my dyslexia blog posts are going out to all my followers. For that, I apologize. If they don’t interest you, please just ignore them. In the meantime, I will try to figure out how to just send them to folks who want to see them. Dyslexia doesn’t affect people the way we…
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New Friend
For the last several years, I have been hearing a new bird call, a kind of “TEerup” call, (It’s always so hard to put a bird call into language, isn’t it?) but I could never figure out what was making it. Enter Cornell University’s Merlin bird identification app. This spring, when I heard the call,…
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New and Improved Website
Welcome to my new and improved website! My old one was beginning to look like one of those old farmhouses that just having rooms tacked on, so I decided to update the whole thing. A big shout-out to Jessica of Sutol Designs who set up the new site and made it all work! For those…
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DRAFT Outside the Box: The Dyslexia Graphic Novel – Introduction
About the same time I finished writing the previous posts, I realized that I had a problem — I was asking people who have trouble reading to read. I really want to get this information out to people who have dyslexia, so I decided to turn what I had written into a graphic novel, with the…
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DRAFT Outside the Box: The Dyslexia Graphic Novel – Malik’s Podcast
This section gives a quick overview of what we’re going to talk about in the rest of the graphic novel. But it has some problems, first among them that the teacher, Ms. Tate, corrects the hero-scientist, Malik twice in the first three panels. Does this put you off as a reader?
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DRAFT What Dyslexia Isn’t
What Dyslexia Isn’t What are some other misconceptions about dyslexia? And I feel like I still have too many words. What can I take out?
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Cedar Waxwings
The Front Range of Colorado has been enjoying an invasion of Waxwings. There are two types of Waxwing in North America — Cedar and Bohemian — and both have been spotted in large numbers throughout the Denver area this winter. I subscribe to several bird-watch lists, and I read with a little frustration about all…
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Coopers or Sharp-shinned? You be the judge…
After my missed photographs several weeks ago, I have been carrying my camera with me when we go out for walks. Today, my efforts were rewarded. Just a block away from our earlier sighting, my husband spotted this Cooper’s/Sharp-shinned hawk coming in to land as we approached the tree. This neighborhood has had a pair of…
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