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Music of Mary Poppins

A Spoonful of Sugar: The Music of Mary Poppins

Generations of children have wondered, does a spoonful of sugar make the medicine go down? In fact, I bet that if you've ever seen the movie, those four simple words have the power to set off a mental musical. There are many wonderful things…

Dream Journals: Our Sleep, Our Lives, and the Waking World

Dreams are fleeting, like birds escaping from a tree's branches in the morning. They come to us each evening, leaving an impression on us that may only last until after we've sat down for breakfast. As much as we'd like, our memory can only…
Author Renee Thompson

Write to the Point: An Interview with “Twelve Pencils” Author Renee Thompson

Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with Renee Thompson, acclaimed author The Plume Hunter and The Bridge at Valentine. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine and one of her recent short stories, titled "Twelve Pencils," was selected…
Cooking with Julia Child

‘Let’s Make a Pencil’ Video

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The Incense Cedar Institute created a video showing and discussing the process of pencil making. For an object that is used by millions of people every day, pencils and the amount of work it takes to produce them can be overlooked at times.…

Music Education: Keeping Music in our Classrooms

Music Education: Keeping Music in our Classrooms Music has always been an important part of my life, and music education is something I firmly believe in. I grew up in a musical family. My grandparents are Jazz aficionados. They can tell you…
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Timothy Green: Magic in the Movies…and in a Pencil – PPC

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The Odd Life of Timothy Green Sometimes I worry that I get a little too wrapped up in pencils. After all, it is an occupational hazard, and my belief that a pencil is the key to limitless possibility is pretty well documented. I'm always heartened,…

Get the Lead Out: How to Clean Graphite Stains

Here at Pencils.com, we use pencils on a daily basis (obviously!). One of the best things about using a pencil is the fact that you can always erase your mistakes, but when your pencil’s graphite ends up on something other than your paper,…

Sketchbook Buc’n With Pencil Artist of the Week Katie Sekelsky

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This week's Pencil Artist of the Week is Katie Sekelsky, the artist behind Sketchbook Buc'n. For those unfamiliar, Sketchbook Buc'n is a blog dedicated to chronicling every game of the Pirate's 2012 season with sketches, drawings and doodles.…
Poetry in the Classroom

Poetry in the Classroom

With Back to School already in full swing, teachers have undoubtedly been hard at work fine tuning their curriculum for the semester. Perhaps, some teachers are even thinking of new ways to introduce poetry into the curriculum. While there…
Cooking with Julia Child

Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories – PPC

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Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories There are two schools of thought when it comes to writing in your books. There are those who believe that pencil jottings in a book's margins are tantamount to sacreilige, and there are those who…