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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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I Didn’t See the Magic Coming

I thought it was just an ordinary day (Day 1) — It was a Tuesday morning, smack dab in the middle of September. One of those crisp New England mornings that declares summer is gone for good. I had an appointment with the Town Clerk to spend time with the little sewing box kept in the vault of the old town…

100 Story Challenge

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I Didn’t See the Magic Coming
I Didn’t See the Magic Coming
100 Story Challenge

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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

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How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)

Don’t get me started because you’ll never get me to stop-oops, too late! — The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. T.S.Eliot I am crazy for libraries. I love a library with marble steps, giant portraits of founders, stone pillars, a fountain, carved mahogany circulation desk, and a bathroom with toilet…

Libraries

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How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)
How to Live with People who Would Not Give One Thin Dime to Build a New Shutesbury Library (Day 4)
Libraries

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We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our Adventures (Day 6)

Photoshoots and editorial meetings are fun when we are in charge — Jane and I met on the Bridge of Flowers last weekend for a photoshoot in preparation for the launch of our new publication Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge. It was early evening and most of the tourists were gone. The river danced and sparkled, flowing slowly…

100 Story Challenge

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We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our…
We’re Just a Pair of Cool Middle-Aged Chicks Hitting the Road and Writing Stories about our…
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About Me — Karen Traub

New year, new beginnings — Happy New Year to us! Here we are entering another year in crisis- global pandemic, war, famine, environmental catastrophe. How are we gonna find a way to keep going forward? How are we going to set things right? I wish I had the answers. All I have to offer is…

Self Improvement

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About Me —  Karen Traub
About Me —  Karen Traub
Self Improvement

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About Me — Karen Traub

I Dance in Libraries with a Snake — I am happy, a dancer, and a mom. I perform in schools, libraries and at cultural events as Hadama Seshat. American Cabaret style belly dancers choose a stage name that reflects their aesthetic or higher calling. When I joined The Crescent Dancers in 2002, I needed a name. My screen…

About Me

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About Me — Karen Traub
About Me — Karen Traub
About Me

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About Me Stories

·Dec 22, 2022

The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High School and Beyond

The Rowe Center helped me grow up to be a Happy Dancer Mom —

Life Lessons

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The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High…
The Summer Camp Experience that Helped Form my Identity and Gave me the Confidence to Face High…
Life Lessons

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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·Aug 23, 2022

What’s Next for the Two Cool Middle-aged Chicks Now that we Nailed the 100 Story Challenge?(Day 100)

More adventures and more writing fun with a dose of accountability — Whoohoo! We did it! Three days ago I was all confident and full of advice for other writers, then yesterday I was humbled when I forgot how to write. Today we cross the finish line of our 💯 Story Challenge. The summer has flown by and now it’s time to…

100 Story Challenge

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What’s Next for the Two Cool Middle-aged Chicks Now that we Nailed the 100 Story Challenge?(Day
What’s Next for the Two Cool Middle-aged Chicks Now that we Nailed the 100 Story Challenge?(Day
100 Story Challenge

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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·Aug 22, 2022

Finish Line Fatigue on Day 99 of 100 (Day 99)

Crawling toward the goal, not gonna give up now — Every single one of the past 98 days I’ve written and published a story of at least 100 words on Medium. Today my brain is empty. No. Worse than empty. This morning I forgot how to write. Every writing tip I’ve learned has left me. Every trick for overcoming writer’s…

100 Story Challenge

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Finish Line Fatigue on Day 99 of 100 (Day 99)
Finish Line Fatigue on Day 99 of 100 (Day 99)
100 Story Challenge

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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·Aug 21, 2022

How can we Repair the Country’s Divide? Simple. Books Unite us in Sympathy with the Whole Human Race (Day 98)

The 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival is coming! — Here’s an idea What if we just put down our signs and flags, take a break from posting memes, and hit the pause button on thinking that the pro or anti vaxxers are nuts? Just for a minute. Next time you are talking to a friend or family member who is ranting about…

100 Story Challenge

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How can we Repair the Country’s Divide?
How can we Repair the Country’s Divide?
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Karen and Jane’s 100 Words for 100 Days Challenge

·Aug 20, 2022

If You Want to be a Better Writer and Feel Stuck, You Might Want to Take on The 💯 STORY CHALLENGE (Day 97)

Staring at the blank page gets a little less scary every day- here’s how — Ever have one of those days when you look at the blank page thinking “what the heck am I gonna write about today?” Undertaking the 💯 STORY CHALLENGE has meant writing every day with no excuses. Here are some of the ways I get myself going. Some days there’s a…

100 Story Challenge

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If You Want to be a Better Writer and Feel Stuck, You Might Want to Take on The 💯 STORY CHALLENGE…
If You Want to be a Better Writer and Feel Stuck, You Might Want to Take on The 💯 STORY CHALLENGE…
100 Story Challenge

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