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Inspirational six-word stories: Robin Bower author

Inspirational six-word stories — three

Creating inspirational six-word stories is a great way to exercise your brain, and squeeze it into a tiny space. This is a fun website where you can choose a topic and get those six words into the right order to make a story. You can read what others have done. Have a try and see …

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A life lived - Robin Bower, author

Inspirational six-word stories — two

Creating six-word stories is a great way to exercise your brain, and squeeze it into a tiny space. This is a fun website where you can choose a topic and get those six words into the right order to make a story. You can read what others have done. Have a try and see what …

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A life in words - Thai monks: Robin Bower author

Inspirational six-word stories — one

Creating six-word stories is a great way to exercise your brain, and squeeze it into a tiny space. This is a fun website where you can choose a topic and get those six words into the right order to make a story. You can read what others have done. Have a try and see what you …

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Shawshank Redemption remains a crowd pleaser: Robin Bower

Believe and build, and make it happen

Get busy livin or get busy dyin… Do or do not, there is no try. Run, Forrest, run! What do these quotes have in common? They are all from movies and they all mean ‘never give up’. Inspirational quotes and speeches in the movies seem to be varied, and inspiration is a recurring theme. But …

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Vladimir Propp good story: Robin Bower

Once a good story …

Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s a shaggy dog story over a campfire, a joke at a dinner party, a poem, a song, or a memoir, and … we all have a story to tell. This has been happening for centuries. Many Indigenous cultures especially have a strong oral tradition. But what makes a …

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Steve Nener on guitar: Robin Bower

Practice makes perfect

As I enter the last stretch to home, into the cul de sac to my driveway, I can hear the soft sweet drumbeats of a wannabe musician. I go to the front door, as the beats grow in intensity and then, I greet my husband who is surrounded by about 50 decibels of pure noise. …

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First Grade Love: Robin Bower

First grade love

His name was Michael. Nothing unusual about that. He wore a grey shirt and shorts, and brown sandals. In winter, he varied his wardrobe by adding grey jumper and pants, and exchanged sandals for white socks and black shoes. His hair was short, perhaps too short, and his skin glowed white beneath the grey of …

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