Manny’s Writing Challenge: Friends in Frankfurt

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Justin Beaver (JB) and I are friends. I live in California, and JB lives in Australia. We write blogs and talk to each other almost every day. We decided to write stories about our travels, but there are so many ways to write a story. We got confused. Would you help us write a story?

Story requirements:

500 words or less
use at least one picture
Title: Manny’s Writing Challenge: Friends in Frankfurt
Topic: Stuffed animals, Manny and Justin Beaver travel to Frankfurt, Germany.
Plot: Manny and Justin have a whole city to explore and don’t know where to go.
Genre: You might write a fractured fairy tale, poetry, story of noises, naughty behavior, or even non-fiction, or something else if you like
Your story should have a theme.
- Is this a story about character traits, like honesty or manners?
- Are Justin and I developing self-esteem and growing up…

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Manny’s Writing Challenge: Beauty

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Story requirements:

500 words or less
use at least one picture
Title: Manny’s Writing Challenge: Beauty
Topic: Stuffed animals, Manny and Justin Beaver travel to Toowoomba, Australia is the Garden City of Australia.
Plot: You decide.
Genre: You might write a fractured fairy tale, poetry, story of noises, naughty behavior, or even non-fiction, or something else if you like
Your story should have a theme.
- Is this a story about character traits, like honesty or manners?
- Are Justin and I developing self-esteem and growing up as they travel?
- Did we have an argument?
- Did something scary happen and we act bravely?

Please use these pictures taken by Justin’s mom, Mrs. Eternal Traveler. If you want to add more pictures you can. Make sure you give credit for them.

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Eyeing the Needle by Mrs. Eternal Traveler

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Note from Me: I loved this trip. Mom and Dad finally brought be on a trip, AND I got to spend time with my friends Mr. and Mrs. ET, and my really good friend, Justin Beaver. I’m posting this because I couldn’t have done a better job of describing this wonderful location myself.

My friend Justin Beaver and I lounging on the patio.

Feb28

Holiday in Hawaii #7

The rugged West Maui Mountains form a dramatic backdrop to the never-ending beaches and tropical gardens of Maui.

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To get a closer view of the grandeur of the mountains, we venture inland to ʻIao Valley State Park, where ʻIao Stream has carved a deep valley between the densely forested slopes.

Most people come to the park to see Kuka‘emoku, a volcanic ridge which ends in a sharp bluff rising 370 metres from the valley floor. Also known as ʻIao Needle, this volcanic formation, sacred…

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a cabin in maine

jodie richelle

I am proud of my brother, Dave, for many reasons. Most recently, I am proud of him for this.This is his cabin in the Maine woods. It’s made of recycled materials, creativity, and guts.

This is the loft – and a view of the lovely roof work. See my mom up there? She scampered up that ladder like a teenager.

This is the room under the loft. That’s a large bunk bed under the mosquito netting.

You can see the quilt I made for the cabin in this view. i am a quilter

Here is the back porch with it’s reclaimed-from-an-old-dance-studio parquet floor.

DSC_0078 (2) And here is the kitchen. The cabin has electricity – and a refrigerator – but no running water.

So there is a composting toilet. That’s a bucket of sawdust to help the process along.

This is the shower room. You heat up some water (from the…

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a trip to maine

jodie richelle

The highlight of my summer, so far, is a trip to Maine with my mom, Libby, and my husband, Michael. We went to see my brother’s family. They are building a cabin – which is a whole other blog post.

DSC_0098 (2) Here I am with my niece, Emily. If you ever have the chance to listen to a reggae concert while floating and drinking, I highly recommend that you do it.

This is Emily and her boyfriend Gaelen on the porch of the place we stayed. The lawn in the background was where the concert was. And the lake is directly below the porch. We spent a lot of time on the porch.