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In April, I won my first grant as a certified grant writer. The grant will purchase supplies for a monthly Family Day event at the Vashon Heritage Museum. Although it was a small grant, I hope that it is a sign of good things to come. I also had a few articles published in April.
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Regular readers may have noticed that I write fewer articles than I used to. I’m very happy to report that is at least partially a result of having earned a certification in grant writing from Seattle Central Community College last fall and interning at Spark the Fire Grant Writing Services during the first quarter of this year. With my training complete, I am now taking on grant writing clients on both an hourly and retainer basis.
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Here are links to the articles I wrote that published in February. If you have school-aged kids, I’ve got you covered on the summer camp planning. But even if you don’t, I hope you find something interesting among the articles below.
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Last month I posted My 2024 Year in Books, and to avoid too much New Year navel gazing, postponed a publication round up. So, this post collects links to everything I wrote that published in December and January. I hope you find something to enjoy.
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I didn’t quite meet my 2024 reading challenge goal of 107 books (one more than I read in 2023), but I read some very challenging books, so I mostly feel okay about it. For the past couple of years, I have been using StoryGraph as well as Goodreads. I like to see the different types of data – but discrepancies in the shared data do provide a nice reminder that it’s all in good fun. In any case, for my own amusement (and yours, should you actually enjoy this sort of thing) here’s a look at how much of what kind of reading I did in 2024. I’d love to hear from you if you read some of the same things.
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