Category Archives: reading

covered in reads!

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Deanna

Thanks to Christmas, the good prose of others covers me head to toe. (I wanted a pic with a book open on my head, but they’re too slippery.) One’s a loaner, the Scientific American issue from 2005 about consciousness. Thanks … Continue reading →

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out in

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Deanna

Every year it happens. Just when everybody else revs up in excitement over NaNoWriMo, NaBloPoMo, and all the other greatest things to do in and around cyberland, I start to chill out. Or maybe it’s cozy up. Today our fire … Continue reading →

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question of the week

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Deanna

It’s another of those mornings when I wonder what I can send into the ether or stuff inside my mailbox (oops, need to buy stamps). I’m pondering why we read what we do. Last Friday I spent nearly eight hours … Continue reading →

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carried away

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Deanna

Silence can mentor. The wilderness is loud with it. I’m working on another guest blog, wherein I’ll reveal ways blogging itself has helped me write. Last night, in bed early even for me after a day out and away, I … Continue reading →

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projecting

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Deanna

I walked along the bike path a few days ago, my temp job at Glory Bee a few days done. Like sunlight off the river, my thoughts reflected a positive view. The time at the warehouse gave me a different … Continue reading →

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well-wrought perspective

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Deanna

In January I spent some Christmas money on a book by Gary Presley, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio. I’d been eager to read it, having seen excerpts on Gary’s blog. His story, like the best memoirs do, carried me … Continue reading →

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now of Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Deanna

We wait for snow. Arctic air has settled north of us and is supposed to lower our near-freezing temperatures even more tonight. Fire in the woodstove is our hub. Warm dishwater soothes the fingers. I set Christmas plates and mugs … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 13, 2008 by Deanna

But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or … Continue reading →

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a couple perks

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Deanna

A while ago Sarah showed me something she’d written. Strong prose, lovely description. I thought, My editor from Relief might like this. Turns out the editor did, and now Sarah’s piece will appear in the next issue. Here you’ll find … Continue reading →

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stimulus and beauty

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Deanna

I get something, maybe, about Annie Dillard (she’s been puzzling me for months). God comes to (enlightens, is found by) Annie Dillard in the world around her. …the mystery of continuous creation and all that providence implies: the uncertainty of … Continue reading →

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