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resume play
Here’s your answer from last time. Sorry, I meant to post in a more efficient manner. But. The blog needed to pause. Do you wish some days for all of life to just. stand. still. A moment? There are things … Continue reading
Posted in life, writing
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in art, friends, interview, writing
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@ prick of the spindle
For the first time in a while, I’ve had pieces published that are longer than 1000 words. One is at Prick of the Spindle. They picked up my essay, “After the Fall,” and it’s now available here. If you’ve known … Continue reading
Posted in memoir, writing
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the accidental graduate
I don’t know if this will be the closest I get to a higher educational degree, but I thought I would mention… I started writing posts on a Blogger blog four years ago. This morning, my WordPress dashboard tells me … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, life, writing
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it works, if you’re careful. trust me.
“That’s the Hollywood version,” Dad said. We sat in the dentist’s waiting room. Actually, it was an endodontist’s waiting room. The three of us were at ease, Mom and Dad having nearly made it through a week filled with medical … Continue reading
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take that, log jam
For years now, I’ve known in a general way what I wanted to write. You know from this blog, the idea has involved my life, my history, my faith. Trying to capture something that might offer valuable bits to others, … Continue reading
Posted in history, life, writing
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guest blogger: Emily Smucker
Living the Unpredictable Life By Emily Smucker Spring was in the air, but you couldn’t tell by looking at my closet. I had plenty of sweaters and hoodies and knee socks, but not a single loose-fitting short-sleeved t-shirt. After all, … 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 … Continue reading
Posted in art, practice
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micro redo
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 … Continue reading
Posted in family, fiction, writing
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sounds good, don’t it?
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~