Monthly Archives: September 2016

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Classic Fiction on September 30, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

I was first published when I was only 10 years old. My 4th grade teacher encouraged me to write a lot (on a typewriter back then) and submit a few of my poems to a publishing contest. The contest was for students attending a Department of Defense school in Asia […]

“The Poles Poem”
in the Far East Sun Fifteen

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged writing on September 28, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction on September 26, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

After You
by JoJo Moyes

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 23, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

I was working part-time during college at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, when the USS Cole was attacked on Oct. 12, 2000. I remember thinking how many people on the ship were close to my age. I worked on the base newspaper, so I was allowed to get […]

“The world can change in an instant” for Air Pulse ...

This entry was posted in Writing and tagged Air Force writing on September 21, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on September 19, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

“What slows me are small shrines tucked alongside the sidewalks of Tokyo. These shrines are ignored by most passersby, but are tucked into small lots all over the city. I always stop to look, because I love the way they insist, against all contrary evidence, that some places in this […]

Motions and Moments:
More Essays on Tokyo
by Michael Pronko
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on September 16, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

I collaborated on this article for The Survival Mom with two other women I know. It was interesting to talk about the ways we all prepared for a night of possible civil unrest as we were all dealing with different situations – one was on a road trip, one had […]

“A Mom’s Guide To Preparing For Civil Unrest”
for The ...
This entry was posted in Writing and tagged survival mom writing on September 14, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

“Every woman had felt some version of it: the end of first love. It was when you learned, for good and always, that love could be impermanent.” Jude’s life revolves around her children. Mia and Zach are twins and are quite the opposites. Zach is popular and outgoing while Mia […]

Night Road
by Kristin Hannah
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction on September 12, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

“It was like having his own personal shooting star, but he didn’t ever make a wish on it. He was afraid that if he started wishing, he might not be able to stop. In his suitcase of not-thoughts, there were also not-wishes. He kept the lid closed on them, too.” […]

The Tiger Rising
by Kate DiCamillo
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Fiction Young Adult Fiction on September 9, 2016 by Sarah Anne Carter

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