Town & Country

By E.L. Chappel | July 21, 2016 |

The two following songs were written by students I recently had the pleasure of working with in Jamie Morgan’s class at Town & Country. The students got to read my story as a class, then make something to interpret the book. I want to thank Ms. Morgan and her class for portraying my story in…

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Dear Amelia Earhart

By E.L. Chappel | July 19, 2016 |

September 2, 1996 Three am Dear Ms. Earhart, I’m writing to you in the middle of the night since I’m wide awake. Tomorrow is my first official flight lesson. I really want to sleep and be at my best, but I’ve been sprawled on my Futon––by the way, Dad was right, although the couch/bed looks…

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Dear Amelia Earhart

By E.L. Chappel | July 12, 2016 |

August 1996 Dear Amelia, Today was my first day of flight school and I feel like my head might explode. I studied the pre-assigned reading and I thought I was prepared for the first day of Aeronautics class. Boy was I wrong. Within the first fifteen minutes, the professor left me in the propeller wash.…

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Dear Amelia Earhart

By E.L. Chappel | July 5, 2016 |

August 1986   Dear Ms. Earhart, It’s really going to happen. I’m going away for college. Our white Cutlass Supreme is packed to the hilt, and my entire family is out on the driveway, including my grandparents from England. It’s a beautiful morning, luckily, because my parents are determined to take photos to document this…

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