by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 24, 2008 | Journal, Literary Projects, The Crusading Chemist, The Girlhood Home Companion
…I’ll try my best to plan. I’m a stickler for ideals, but I know that I can only accomplish so much at a given time. A few months ago I mentioned studying for CLEP tests. I never ended up taking any CLEP tests and it turns out they won’t...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 11, 2008 | Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion
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by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 16, 2008 | Comedy, Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion
On September 12th we conducted a photoshoot of all us Read girls for The Girlhood Home Companion. Here are some funny outtakes: Now for some nice ones… Yesterday I finally got started on my portrait of Beth and Jenny. I’m enjoying using my new brushes...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 29, 2008 | Journal, Literary Projects, The Crusading Chemist, The Girlhood Home Companion
First of all, let me apologize for some link errors – first I misspelled “hear” (though “here ye” may very well make sense in some context). Secondly, I noticed that I messed up one of the links on my About page. The correct link is...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 14, 2008 | Comedy, Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion
Yesterday we had a photo shoot for The Girlhood Home Companion article on soap making. We began making another batch of soap in the morning, and Mom got behind the camera and tripod to photograph Abigail and me performing the melting step. During one of the photos...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 9, 2008 | Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion, World Views
I didn’t get to make a post on the first day of March, so I will begin this post with what occurred then. Our friends the Williams kindly invited Rachel, Joseph and me to accompany them to a splendid performance of Fiddler On The Roof. I saw the movie many...