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interview: through the Ohlen Harris veil
Although my editor friend Lisa is a few years younger than I, she’s wiser regarding all things literary and nonfiction. She can tell you, after reading an essay, what sort of writing this is and what one might do to make it better. I love people like her. Sometimes editors edit because writing just hasn’t … Continue reading
some days it’s like this
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.”
Posted in art, practice
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still, stories happen
This site’s subtitle should perhaps read differently. Maybe “an old wife writer who thinks about belief.” But I do still prefer “capturing a story’s glimmer,” because it’s a goal of sorts. In the practice of this life and craft I am motivated by seeking to let the stories near me shine. There are some beauties. … Continue reading
graceful fun, with a fly
Although internet movies, videos, fan flicks, and so on do not make up much of my cyber-life, I am pleased to have known about a particular video production since it began its journey a year ago. Directed, edited, and produced by Fresca from l’Astronave (the suavest name for a blog I’ve heard, meaning “starship”, and … Continue reading
Posted in art, friends
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moments between
In the shade, air breezed chill across nose and cheeks. Sunshine warmed stretches of the path that led me to a flower garden. Unsettled emotions loosed their grip among many still-fragrant roses. Like eddies in our river, thoughts swirled. Familiar refrains cycled past, mixing with glimmers of new ideas. It appears I thrive on doses … Continue reading
Posted in art, outdoors
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