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Category Archives: Writings by Wordsmiths and Others
Listen to the Falling Rain – On Libraries, Reading, and the Magic of Books
Listen to the falling rain, Listen to it fall, And with every drop of rain I can hear you call.” (Jose Feliciano) Today, unusual for North Carolina, has been a grey day of ongoing gentle rain. It has made me think. To me … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, C.S. Lewis, Erle Stanley Gardner, Hardy Boys, Island Stallion, José Feliciano, Man in the Iron Mask, Nancy Drew, Rainy days, Reading, Riders of the Purple Sage, Stephen King, Ten Little Indians, The magic of books, What to do on rainy days, Wind in the Willows
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The Great Squirrel Adventure – On Mothering and Lucky and Lou
I don’t usually do much personal posting but Labor Day weekend was unusual to say the least, so I guess this post can be as well. We knew going into it that this would not be a laid back farewell … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoption, Humor, Labor Day, Mother, Mothering, North Carolina, Outer Banks, Squirrel
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Year of the Dragon
From the Elemental Fire Chaos leapt forth. While the Unfettered Winds fathered the Rains of Renewal. But from the stormy merger of Gale and Flame was born the Dragon, Ever the enemy of Calm, Wary of the Brothers, Driven by War, Tamed by Order, Destroyed by … Continue reading
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Tagged Child abuse, Dragon, Dragon Year, Gale, Jogaila, Order of the Dragon, Teutonic Knights, Wallachia
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On Becoming a Master Gardener…or Master of the Query
“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With Silver Bells and and Cockleshells and Pretty Maidens All in a row.” During my year of unemployment, beside finishing The Call, I also took a Master Gardener‘s Class. With a four … Continue reading
Where’s the Beef? The Art of the Edit – Flash Fiction
When I was a kid (that’s what we called each other – none of us was a “child”) I read everything I could get my hands on, including spending my whopping 25 cent allowance on comic books, an original form … Continue reading
Are you a poet, but don’t know it…a writing exercise
When I was a kid, children could be…well…mean. No one called it bullying then but after I lived in a rural area and helped out on a neighbor’s farm I realized children had taken a page from nature, at least … Continue reading
Anyone Want to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
I have often called my husband a Renaissance Man. He has great people skills despite being an introvert, he writes brilliantly, can rewire a house or solve a computer problem…or someone’s life problem. There are few things he cannot do … Continue reading
In Pursuit of the Perfect
I don’t know if I have any friends or readers left, having abandoned this blog for such a long time. How can it be five months? I stopped blogging to try to pour myself into my last edit of The … Continue reading
Intellectual Property and the Internet
I don’t know about you but when I send out a part of my book to my writer’s group, or a story to a friend, or even post to this blog I sometimes wonder if I need to protect my … Continue reading
Honoring Omens and Resolutions
I often get my best ideas in the shower. I guess a lot of people do. William Walton, my writing partner, takes this so seriously he has a dive slate attached to his faucet so he can record the ideas … Continue reading
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