Monthly Archives: July 2014

Let’s Talk About Empathy #Autism #Aspergers

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of the word empathy is as follows: 1: the imaginative projection of a subjective state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it 2: the action of understanding, … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Boston

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Gretchen Venters
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Makeshift Mattress – A Poem

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

  Steel springs roll cardboard slides with grating teeth and blinking eyes   The alarm clock sings like cymbals in the harsh melody of an unforgiving city   Smearing grit and sweat from my face wanting to just forget this place … Continue reading →

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Thank-you Orange #OITNB

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

Dear Ms. Kerman, Ms. Kohan & the OITNB Cast, Inspired the emotions I felt while watching the Netflix’s Orange is the New Black, I began contemplating (yet again) writing out what my own childhood and teenage years were like. I guess … Continue reading →

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Deep in Thought

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Gretchen Venters

I’ve been doing a lot of prose writing outside of my blog so I apologize for the lack of posts in the past week. Also…lots of planning for the talk/event coming up in August, job interviews and self reflection. I … Continue reading →

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