Author Archives: Ann C. Averill

Slaying the Monster Shame

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Shame, if we’re human, we have it. It dogs us, discourages us, keeps us in hiding or striving to prove we are worth more than the whispers of our self-condemnation.   So, where does shame come from? How does shame … Continue reading →

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A Beautiful Life

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

At the end of the summer, my husband and I discovered e-bikes, bikes that provide electrical assistance, at my age, a welcome boon even though I’ve been riding a bicycle almost as long as I can remember. My first two-wheeler … Continue reading →

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Cheap Thrills

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

The pandemic has cancelled many county fairs, so let me share my trip to the fair the summer before I entered junior high in 1964. ************************************************************************* The last thrill before school starts is the County Fair. My mom will walk … Continue reading →

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Gimme Shelter

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

In honor of Labor Day, I share this flash memoir about a summer I worked in an industrial laundry as a privileged college girl with so much to learn. ************************************************************************************ In 1974, my plan was to spend a romantic summer … Continue reading →

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Woman of the Year

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

If my mom were still alive, she’d be 100 years old this August. Born the same month and year that the women’s suffrage movement gave women the right to vote. As a child, I saw her as the happy homemaker … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Cicadas drone in the sharp afternoon sun. An evening chill snaps off more of each crisp day. As a child, my stomach flip-flopped at these signs that spelled back-to-school. In the 50’s, back-to-school meant a brand-new pair of Buster Brown … Continue reading →

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Backwards and Forwards

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

       “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.” This is a quote from the movie, The Experimenter, part of my pandemic movie-thon. When I googled the quote’s source, I found Soren Kierkegaard, a Christian philosopher, … Continue reading →

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Staycation

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

These past two weeks I’ve been on a staycation, a pandemic vacation. That means I’ve disconnected from my regular duties and routines and done things that refreshed me body and soul while staying mostly at home. So, I binge watched … Continue reading →

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The Onion Principle

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Understanding life happens in layers. I’ll call this the onion principle. You think you know how things work and what is important and then it is disproved or refined by experience, and another layer of the onion is stripped away … Continue reading →

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New book, Teacher Dropout, Finding Grace in an Unjust School

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

My first ebook, Teacher Dropout, Finding Grace in an Unjust School, is FREE this Sat.- Sun. 7-11-20 thru 7-12-20 on Amazon. I wrote this book a decade ago, but it takes a while to sort out what events really mean … Continue reading →

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