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TARA and the BACKYARD BEAR
at
https://thestoryshack.com/flash-fiction/children/brenda-havens-tara-and-the-back-yard-bear/
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"You have an eye for news,"
my editor at The Evanston (Illinois) Clarion once told me.
Those were fun years, chasing folks through a vital Chicago 'burb, slipping in the mud while trying to snap a good shot of Princess Di, covering the arts in an artsy town. And then, I went to teaching ESL and English in public high school. It was while taking National Writing Project's class in teaching writing, that I started itching to, well--WRITE! Enjoy my stories.
My life is rounded out with being grammy to an awesome young man,
teaching English, traveling, hanging with friends, volunteeriing, and playing with Spanky, our sweet chihuahua.
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