Ann Anderson Evans

Why grammar?

Wittgenstein said, “the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of language.” How’s that working today?

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHORT STORY CONTEST

My fellow members of the Board of Friends of Anderson Park (in Montclair, New Jersey) and I decided to run a short story contest for Montclair’s middle schoolers. The story should be 2000 words or less, and had to somehow involve Anderson Park. There were doubters—”Oh the kids are just so busy these days, theyContinue reading “MIDDLE SCHOOL SHORT STORY CONTEST”

DEAR PARKLAND

Dear Parkland…and all the others: There’s a peculiar notion afoot that only survivors and experts can write about important issues, but I take exception to that. I was not present in Parkland or in Sandy Hook and have never seen up close a child bleeding to death with a gaping wound from a paramilitary firearm,Continue reading “DEAR PARKLAND”

YOU CAN DO IT ANYWHERE

Help people succeed in business, including artists, by staying positive

A SATISFYING WINTER CLEANUP

Inside, it’s very cold, and we’re cleaning up. It feels good.

CREATING A PODCAST

My publicist, my friends, and people who interviewed me on the radio have been telling me for years that I have a good voice. If I’m going to be a public figure, and all writers are public figures, I should use what I’ve got, right? My concept has been a podcast, called Storytime, where IContinue reading “CREATING A PODCAST”

2-MINUTE EXERCISES FOR SCREEN SLAVES: Breathe

Staring at a screen for along time, the chest naturally relaxes inward, restricting your breathing. These breathing exercises will introduce a rush of oxygen which will reinvigorate you if you’re tired, and the single nostril breathing is remarkably calming.

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Why grammar?

MIDDLE SCHOOL SHORT STORY CONTEST

DEAR PARKLAND

YOU CAN DO IT ANYWHERE

A SATISFYING WINTER CLEANUP

CREATING A PODCAST

2-MINUTE EXERCISES FOR SCREEN SLAVES: Breathe

THE OLD DAYS: Corporal punishment

2-MINUTE EXERCISES FOR SCREEN SLAVES: Move in your chair