Thanksgiving. Among tangible souvenirs of past holidays are handprint turkeys our kids made in kindergarten. The teacher (the only one the three had in common over the years) drew an outline of each student’s hand. The palm became the turkey’s body, the thumb its head, the fingers the feathers. Same general template, but each hand a little different, and each turkey further individualized by the colors the artist chose, and whether the template was filled in carefully or with line-defying exuberance. Read more…

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Author Ellen Prentiss Campbell

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Ellen Prentiss Campbell

Ellen told stories before she could read. As a psychotherapist, she listened to stories; now she writes full time. Her novels have been honored in competitions; The Bowl with Gold Seams received the Indy Excellence Award for Historical Fiction. Ellen’s award-winning stories have been recognized by the Pushcart Press; her collection Contents Under Pressure was nominated for the National Book Award.

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