The Lone Ranger: A character of violence or an appropriate positive role model for the ages?
The story of the Lone Ranger is presented and illustrated by the speaker's Lone Ranger toy collection. In the early years, some members of society considered the Lone Ranger episodes to be violent and unsuitable, especially for children. An analysis of the history of the Lone Ranger and its creators and participants reveals their alternative values for that radio and television program. All participants are encouraged to bring an old Western related toy or a story about the Lone Ranger or Lone Ranger toys they may have had at one time.
Ronald Friesen
Keeping a journal: How and why
Some journals serve as longs of daily events or special journeys. Some serve as personal meditations. Some are utterly private; others are wide open to the public; still others are closed letters meant for a few dear readers. For some it's a weird compulsion; for some it's essential to sanity. A journal session will touch on a variety of options for journal-keeping; hopefully participants will come away with some new strategies and ideas as well as a clearer idea of what journals mean for them.
Susan Carpenter
Short story reading
As a fiction writer, I enjoy reading my work aloud to audiences. I like to talk about how a story came into being and what I learned from writing it. I'm happy to discuss the craft of writing fiction, as well. A few titles:
The Night of the Exploding Kiwi
Journey Inland
The Body-Mind Connection
The Reason to Call on Flora
Earring Story
Restlessness
Susan Carpenter
The Writing of the Little House Books
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote: "Dear Children, I lived everything that happened in the books." Many years later, I learned what she meant: she did, in a sense, "live everything that happened" in the books, but she also lived a great deal more. And she did not write events exactly as she lived them; in fact, the books were a collaborative project with her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Why does a daughter insist that her mother take all the credit for authoring best sellers? What in those books really happened?
Susan Carpenter
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