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Laureen Simper
4 days ago3 min read
Human Nature Quiz: Who Are You?
Every. Time. No matter how many times I watch the 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life, I cry like a little girl, or the Cowardly Lion. I...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 44 min read
My "What I Did Over Summer Vacation" Essay
I went to Narnia this summer. I've only been one other time; I took my son when he was 10; he's going to be 34 in a few weeks. These last...
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Laureen Simper
Mar 314 min read
Where My Children Can Find Me
One of the most memorable movies of my childhood is Shenandoah - filmed in 1965 and starring Jimmy Stewart. The thing that made it...
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Laureen Simper
Mar 213 min read
Witness, Whittaker Chambers
(Originally posted January 24, 2018) Our book group read an incredible book called Witness written by Whittaker Chambers. Chambers...
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Laureen Simper
Jan 32 min read
Life and Death in Shanghai
Life and Death in Shanghai, Nien Cheng (original book review posted August 5, 2016) Word of caution: when you've been wacked out on...
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Laureen Simper
Jan 32 min read
Watership Down
Watership Down, Richard Adams (original book review posted August 6, 2016) Summer 1978. I'm at Kim Mutch Emerson's house, and pick up a...
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Laureen Simper
Dec 27, 20232 min read
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (original book review posted August 2, 2016) To this day, I get soft somewhere in my gut when I think...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20234 min read
Swords or Plowshares?
[Originally published June 8, 2020] I spent much of Sunday afternoon weeping. I’d come downstairs from studying and intermittent dozing...
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