Monthly Archives: March 2010

humble sunday

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Deanna

Today. Holy, passion, branches, ass’s colt. “O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem…!” Deliberate, determinate, love. And tears. Individuals know pieces of truth. Moments arrive that reveal what I know I know I know. A sense of reality. And yet nothing can be true without four little words: I could be wrong. Science is a study of static things. … Continue reading →

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down in the valley

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Deanna

Up on the hill. Life moves swiftly/slowly, and people shuffle and leap. Saturday, the sun was saying, “I’m still up here.” The breeze blew, not from Alaska, but from somewhere south of Yreka. My feet and calves and shins and every part (except my knees) itched to climb. One problem. I was on my own. … Continue reading →

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some days it’s like this

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Deanna

Jen Bervin, a poet and visual artist, asked about discipline by Poets & Writers in their January/February 2010 issue, said: “I think it comes out of just loving, really loving, what you’re doing. It doesn’t feel like discipline. It just feels like getting to do the things you want to do most.”

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micro redo

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Deanna

The story below was published online about a year ago at Camroc Press Review . This week I told some relatives I would show it to them. Although it’s fiction, I based the characters on extended family members and on the last day I saw my Aunt Nancy. Bear in mind this is fiction; I … Continue reading →

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believing off the paper

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Deanna

I said I would get back to this. Uh, about a month ago. Thanks for your patience; now here’s a foray into… Magic My first brush with believing involved little pieces of paper. I was six. I wrote one word on each piece, torn from my wide-ruled first grade notebook. Book, bike, doll, happy, sky—I … Continue reading →

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Linda Clare’s writing recipe

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Deanna

Here’s a treat. Actually it’s a two-fer. I asked a friend whose first novel was published last year if she would guest blog for me (this really helps, while I learn a new job and don’t have as much blog time available). I mentioned that included in my “huge” audience are young moms with interest … Continue reading →

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sounds good, don’t it?

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Deanna

The style of the essayist is that of an extremely intelligent, highly commonsensical person talking, without stammer and with impressive coherence, to him- or herself, and to anyone else who cares to eavesdrop. ~Joseph Epstein~

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lent for lent

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Deanna

Christian traditions of various types have been placed around me all my life. Even more these days, when I tread paths of some ancient beliefs. At least, I imagine what it’s like to be a pilgrim on those sorts of journeys. I’m struck by the beauty in Orthodox rituals – from decorous clothing to music … Continue reading →

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wall-gazing

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Deanna

Things come. Not as expected, or even as the shadow of expectation sometimes, but they arrive. Sailing in: the phrase I thought couldn’t be grasped, the way to shape a structure, the whereabouts of that envelope surely lost. They show up when it’s important. If not, well, they still might.

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