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wednesday’s word

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Deanna

May I have a word? I thought I would start featuring one tasty morsel of language per week – like a Hershey’s kiss for the mind. Of course, these will have something to do with me, this being the place … Continue reading →

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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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and now…

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Deanna

…for something completely different. Or not. A story I wrote has been posted at the online journal called joyful!, in their January issue. You’ll find “Grandma’s Sermon” on the 2010 fiction archives page, the last story in January’s section. Like … Continue reading →

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‘twer the hours before and after

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Deanna

Came the night and kitchen utensils clacking. No ghostly presence, no wampyres lurking, just a woman clad in a long, white-sleeved sleep shirt stirring vegetables and meat into a sweet potato stew. Morning brought the swift breaths of exercise, then … Continue reading →

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