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Absence

Absence

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, you guys must be loving me by now! I’ve been traveling, checking up on ill family members, setting up an upcoming writers’ conference, combining a couple households, looking at small houses for future retirement (downsizing a bit), and, oh yeah…working!  And somewhere in there, I’ve done a very little bit of writing. Sometimes I […]

Give Yourself Permission

Give Yourself Permission

I was reading an article from Writers’ Digest the other day and one of the suggestions spoke to me. No. It yelled at me. Allow yourself to write badly. Wow. I needed that. You see, editing as I go is one of my greatest problems. While my friends can plow through a chapter in an hour, […]

Are We Dis-connected?

Are We Dis-connected?

Do we have, as The Captain in Cool Hand Luke called it, a failure to communicate? That’s a funny question for a writer to ask, but recent events have caused me to consider it. Communication is more than just delivering a message. It’s interaction with others. Remember that invention called the telephone? Dictionary.com defines it […]

Safekeeping

Safekeeping

As I am writing this, I am waiting on a squall line that the weather-guy says is approaching my neighborhood. If it really hit hard, what would I save first? Well, the pets, of course. But beyond that? The computer? It has my life in it. But a few years back, when I first discovered […]

Just For Fun Friday 04/24/2015

Just For Fun Friday 04/24/2015

I’m at Lucidity Poetry Workshop/Retreat this week.   It’s a fun event – if you aren’t here, why not? I was still in my ‘Going to Oz’ mindset, and wrote this on my way up to the workshop.   Wanderlust   I wish I really had a pair of Dorothy’s scarlet shoes. I’d click my heels […]