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Linda Parker Hamilton

Author of fiction and nonfiction. Founder of Stories to Last. Professional singer. Curious Human & Mom
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  • March 2025
    • Mar 30, 2025 The Precious Gift of Public Education: Why We Must Protect It Mar 30, 2025
  • December 2022
    • Dec 11, 2022 Sciata Shmiatica! Dec 11, 2022
  • June 2022
    • Jun 29, 2022 I Want to Be a Reliable Person—Like Penny Marshall Jun 29, 2022
  • April 2022
    • Apr 5, 2022 Social Dilemma: And How We're More Like The Matrix than We Think Apr 5, 2022
  • January 2022
    • Jan 21, 2022 100 Day Challenge #100: The End and the Beginning Jan 21, 2022
    • Jan 15, 2022 100 Day Challenge #99: The Pandemic Effect Jan 15, 2022
    • Jan 8, 2022 100 Day Challenge #98: Being Seen as Other Jan 8, 2022
    • Jan 5, 2022 100 Day Challenge #97: Can You Tell Lichen from Moss? Jan 5, 2022
    • Jan 4, 2022 100 Day Challenge #96: Nature Fun Facts! Jan 4, 2022
    • Jan 2, 2022 100 Day Challenge #95: Look Up Don't Look Up Jan 2, 2022
    • Jan 1, 2022 100 Day Challenge #94: Examining the Calendar & Why Today Starts a New Year Jan 1, 2022
  • December 2021
    • Dec 29, 2021 100 Day Challenge #93: Judgment and the Joy of Letting It Go Dec 29, 2021
    • Dec 28, 2021 100 Day Challenge #92: The Attraction of the Small and Cute Dec 28, 2021
    • Dec 27, 2021 100 Day Challenge #91: Recurring Childhood Dreams & Nightmares Dec 27, 2021
    • Dec 26, 2021 100 Day Challenge #90: Mistletoe: Why a Parasite Makes Us Smooch Dec 26, 2021
    • Dec 22, 2021 100 Day Challenge #89: Reflecting on Childhood Holiday Traditions Dec 22, 2021
    • Dec 20, 2021 100 Day Challenge #88: Something to Chew On: A Snappy Little History of Gum! Dec 20, 2021
    • Dec 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge #87: On the Track on an Iron Horse Dec 19, 2021
    • Dec 18, 2021 100 Day Challenge #86: Sexy Spock! Dec 18, 2021
    • Dec 16, 2021 100 Day Challenge #85: On Being a Vessel for Another Human Dec 16, 2021
    • Dec 15, 2021 100 Day Challenge #84: Loving Fredrik Backman Books! Dec 15, 2021
    • Dec 12, 2021 100 Day Challenge #83: Please Don't Bring Me Flowers (continued from #74) Dec 12, 2021
    • Dec 10, 2021 100 Day Challenge #82: Don't Mind the Gap Dec 10, 2021
    • Dec 4, 2021 100 Day Challenge #81: The Killer Smog of London, 1952 Dec 4, 2021
    • Dec 1, 2021 100 Day Challenge #80: Challenging Some Ethnocentricity (With a Little Sunshine) Dec 1, 2021
  • November 2021
    • Nov 30, 2021 100 Day Challenge #79: All About Turkeys PART II Nov 30, 2021
    • Nov 25, 2021 100 Day Challenge #78: All About Turkeys! Nov 25, 2021
    • Nov 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge #77: Six Ways to Use PokémonGo! as a Learning Tool  Nov 19, 2021
    • Nov 18, 2021 100 Day Challenge #76: Word Nerd! Nov 18, 2021
    • Nov 15, 2021 100 Day Challenge #75: Teletubbies: Adult-Strange and Toddler-Wonderful! Nov 15, 2021
    • Nov 14, 2021 100 Day Challenge #74 (continued from #56): Please Don't Bring Me Flowers! Nov 14, 2021
    • Nov 13, 2021 100 Day Challenge #73: The PMS Center Nov 13, 2021
    • Nov 10, 2021 100 Day Challenge #72: The Family Creating Together (Crafts AND Memories!) Nov 10, 2021
    • Nov 9, 2021 100 Day Challenge #71: You Are HUMAN Nov 9, 2021
    • Nov 7, 2021 100 Day Challenge #70: The Return of...the Mullet! Nov 7, 2021
    • Nov 5, 2021 100 Day Challenge #69: The Death Chamber at San Quentin (and the End of Our Tour)—Continued from Challenge #64 Nov 5, 2021
    • Nov 3, 2021 100 Day Challenge #68: Fierce Mama Bear (or Mama Lion) Nov 3, 2021
    • Nov 1, 2021 100 Day Challenge #67: Reflecting on the Challenge of 100 Days of Writing Nov 1, 2021
  • October 2021
    • Oct 31, 2021 100 day Challenge #66: Floating DOWN Stream Oct 31, 2021
    • Oct 28, 2021 100 Day Challenge #65: Subculture Fun! Oct 28, 2021
    • Oct 26, 2021 100 Day Challenge #64: Sleeping and Eating in San Quentin (Continued from #59) Oct 26, 2021
    • Oct 24, 2021 100 Day Challenge #63: College Applications & Form-phobia! Oct 24, 2021
    • Oct 22, 2021 100 Day Challenge #62: My Groupie Experience Oct 22, 2021
    • Oct 21, 2021 100 Day Challenge #61: Old Lady Compliment Oct 21, 2021
    • Oct 20, 2021 100 Day Challenge #60: Humbled by Humanities Oct 20, 2021
    • Oct 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge #59: In the Yard at San Quentin (Continued from #46) Oct 19, 2021
    • Oct 17, 2021 100 Day Challenge #58: I'm in LOVE with Ted Lasso! Oct 17, 2021
    • Oct 16, 2021 100 Day Challenge #57: It's NOT a Midlife CRISIS! Oct 16, 2021
    • Oct 14, 2021 100 Day Challenge #56 (continued from #40): Please Don’t Bring Me Flowers! Oct 14, 2021
    • Oct 13, 2021 100 Day Challenge #55: An Incredible She-Hulk Moment…Grrrr! Oct 13, 2021
    • Oct 12, 2021 100 Day Challenge #54: Celebrating Bob Hamilton Oct 12, 2021
    • Oct 10, 2021 100 Day Challenge #53: How Catsup (or Ketchup) Came to Be Oct 10, 2021
    • Oct 9, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #52: Unmasked Oct 9, 2021
    • Oct 8, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #51: Princess Recovery Group. Tonight's Speaker: Snow White Oct 8, 2021
    • Oct 7, 2021 100 Day Challenge #50: Big, Little Lie Oct 7, 2021
    • Oct 6, 2021 100 Day Challenge #49: Don't Go Oct 6, 2021
    • Oct 5, 2021 100 Day Challenge #48: The Last Ditch Effort Oct 5, 2021
    • Oct 4, 2021 100 Day Challenge #47: In a Room Alone Oct 4, 2021
    • Oct 3, 2021 100 Day Challenge #46: San Quentin Dungeons (continued from Day #34) Oct 3, 2021
    • Oct 3, 2021 100 Day Challenge #45: In the Eye of the Beholder Oct 3, 2021
    • Oct 1, 2021 100 Day Challenge #44: BANG Oct 1, 2021
  • September 2021
    • Sep 30, 2021 100 Day Challenge #43: Easy Does It Sep 30, 2021
    • Sep 29, 2021 100 Day Challenge #42: A Six-Year Old Detective Sep 29, 2021
    • Sep 28, 2021 100 Day Challenge #41: Anytime Writer Sep 28, 2021
    • Sep 27, 2021 100 Day Challenge #40: Please Don't Bring Me Flowers (continued from Challenge #35) Sep 27, 2021
    • Sep 26, 2021 100 Day Challenge #39: the Poetry Professor Sep 26, 2021
    • Sep 25, 2021 100 Day Challenge #38: Autumn or Fall Sep 25, 2021
    • Sep 24, 2021 100 Day Challenge #37: In Pursuit of Pregnancy Sep 24, 2021
    • Sep 24, 2021 100 Day Challenge #36: Pursued by Bears (A Winter's Tale) Sep 24, 2021
    • Sep 22, 2021 100 Day Challenge #35: Please Don’t Bring Me Flowers (continued from Challenge #27) Sep 22, 2021
    • Sep 20, 2021 100 Day Challenge #34: The Hospital in San Quentin Prison (continued from Challenge #29) Sep 20, 2021
    • Sep 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge #33: The Rise and Power of the Memoir Sep 19, 2021
    • Sep 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge #32: MONEY!!! Sep 19, 2021
    • Sep 17, 2021 100 Day Challenge #31: A Dog Named Donut Sep 17, 2021
    • Sep 16, 2021 100 Day Challenge #30: The Magic Guitar Sep 16, 2021
    • Sep 15, 2021 100 Day Challenge #29: A Day in San Quentin (continued from Day #28) Sep 15, 2021
    • Sep 15, 2021 100 Day Challenge #28: A Day in San Quentin (Part 1) Sep 15, 2021
    • Sep 13, 2021 100 Day Challenge #27- Please Don’t Bring Me Flowers! (Continued from Day #25) Sep 13, 2021
    • Sep 12, 2021 100 Day Challenge #26: The Most Private Thing Sep 12, 2021
    • Sep 11, 2021 100 Day Challenge #25: Please Don’t Bring Me Flowers! (continued from Day #17) Sep 11, 2021
    • Sep 10, 2021 100 Day Challenge #24: Defensive Forgetting Sep 10, 2021
    • Sep 9, 2021 100 Day Challenge #23: A Poem About—Let’s See! Sep 9, 2021
    • Sep 9, 2021 100 Day Challenge #22: A fidgeter. A dreamer. Sep 9, 2021
    • Sep 7, 2021 100 Day Challenge #21: A Magical Music Moment Sep 7, 2021
    • Sep 6, 2021 100 Day Challenge #20: The Commonness of Neglect Sep 6, 2021
    • Sep 5, 2021 100 Day Challenge #19: Some Twaddle about Turtles Sep 5, 2021
    • Sep 4, 2021 100 Day Challenge #18: Why Become a Parent? Really? Sep 4, 2021
    • Sep 3, 2021 100 Day Challenge #17: Please Don’t Bring Me Flowers (continued from Day #14) Sep 3, 2021
    • Sep 2, 2021 100 Day Challenge #16: Go Granddaddy, Go Sep 2, 2021
    • Sep 1, 2021 100 Day Challenge #15: Warning Bell Sep 1, 2021
  • August 2021
    • Aug 31, 2021 100 Day Challenge: Day #14 (continued from Day #7): Please Don’t Give Me Flowers Aug 31, 2021
    • Aug 30, 2021 100 Day Challenge #13: Morrie Talks about Consumer Brainwash Aug 30, 2021
    • Aug 29, 2021 100 Day Challenge #12: Fire Aug 29, 2021
    • Aug 28, 2021 100 Day Challenge #11: I Tasted Just Like Birthday Cake Aug 28, 2021
    • Aug 27, 2021 100 Day Challenge #10: Another Line at the Good Ole DMV Aug 27, 2021
    • Aug 26, 2021 100 Day Challenge #9: The True and Unfastened Story of the Zipper Aug 26, 2021
    • Aug 26, 2021 100 Day Challenge #8: The Zipper (or rather) the Introduction to Why I Will Be Discussing the Zipper Aug 26, 2021
    • Aug 24, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #7: Please Don't Give Me Flowers, continued— Aug 24, 2021
    • Aug 23, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #6: A Personal Bill of Rights Aug 23, 2021
    • Aug 22, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #5: We’re Fertile, I swear!  Aug 22, 2021
    • Aug 22, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #4: Please Don't Give Me Flowers Aug 22, 2021
    • Aug 20, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #3: OUCH Aug 20, 2021
    • Aug 19, 2021 100 Day Challenge Day #2: Discipline, Schmitzapline! Aug 19, 2021
    • Aug 18, 2021 100 Day Challenge-Day #1: Please Don't Give Me Flowers Aug 18, 2021
  • April 2021
    • Apr 15, 2021 Behind That Mask! Apr 15, 2021
  • January 2021
    • Jan 31, 2021 What a Voice Looks Like Jan 31, 2021
    • Jan 1, 2021 Around Me a Forest. Inside a Fire. Jan 1, 2021
  • November 2020
    • Nov 7, 2020 Keep the Peace! Nov 7, 2020
  • July 2020
    • Jul 19, 2020 Change Over Time or in One Fell Swoop—Examining Social Change in Hidden Figures Jul 19, 2020
  • August 2019
    • Aug 21, 2019 A Maiden in Pain or Ninjas in the Dark or a Gilbert & Sullivan Appendix Aug 21, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 30, 2018 Owning 2019, Baby! Dec 30, 2018
  • October 2018
    • Oct 29, 2018 A New Driver’s Destination…To Get Answers About Her Body Oct 29, 2018

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