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Category Archives: REALITY
WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: On the Other Hand…
How important is it to have a story submission accepted and published? A book deal? Don’t even really know within myself if I have what it takes to even continue pursuing this trail; talent, skill, expertise, personality, dedication, luck; all … Continue reading Continue reading
WRITING, EDUCATION & REALITY: Toss-up
Let me state right off that this is not another “cry wolf” threat to stop blogging post. One thing I’ve learned is that I cannot stop. I’m sure they’ll come up with a pill for this too someday. Right now, … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY & WRITING: Experience
Wondering where the wondering comes from. How it starts. Am I the sum of all my parts, each experience personal whether acted out, seen or read? Has every book and movie made its mark on me; am I Lucy, Ethel, … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY: Labor Day Monday
Learning, always learning. At every age, every stage. Wear long pants when weedwhacking. That would have helped. My mother’s clothes are long gone; my father’s, even just for outdoor labor, are still too big, though not really caring how I … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY: Tension
Headache, tension headache. Like someone carving out a pumpkin that’s my skull. I hope he’ll decide to paint on eyes. Continue reading
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REALITY: Merging Skills
Just noticed something in my bedroom that made me realize that I have long ago merged technical aspects with creativity. The bed is covered by a quilt that I made probably twenty five years ago, with over 3,000 colorful geometric … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY & WRITING: Something Large This Way Looms
Early dawn, sunshiny face still hidden beneath a blanket of trees. Small birds set the stage with their opening act, flitting from bushes to feeders. Quietly, though; their tiny beaks peep more than crow. But tranquil is broken afar in … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY: Today
Have you never felt the need to wrap yourself in a late summer’s day to become part of the air, the earth, the sky? Have you never felt so very small, and yet huge in your oneness with all within … Continue reading Continue reading
BLOGGING, REALITY, WRITING & EDUCATION: Prolificality Revisited
Okay folks, after serious study of two syllabi, I have come to the conclusion that somethin’s gotta give. With my busiest picture framing season coming up, and the workload expressed in the only two classes I’m taking this semester, it … Continue reading Continue reading
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WRITING & REALITY: Developing ‘Tude
I’m back safely from the scary journey into academia, and aside from an eight a.m. class that gives me no time to prepare if I’ve procrastinated, as well as presenting myself with hair still wet from the shower, several good … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY: Design
For heaven’s sake–you’d think that my husband, a Design Engineer, would know better than to put whipped cream on TOP of ice cream. I had to show him how you slide the nozzle slowly around the rim of the bowl … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY: Garden Joys
Usually I spend my summer outside. Actually, my spring and autumn days as well, planting, cleaning, trimming, weeding, pinching and picking. This spring, because I had lots of other things on my mind, I never got myself out to do … Continue reading Continue reading
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REALITY & WRITING: Procrastination
Putting off the things that can’t be faced for lack of concentration, control or energy. Excuses are the tool the best Procrastinator knows how to use, and use them well. Deadlines are the blade that dangles overhead. Faced with one, … Continue reading Continue reading
REALITY: The Secret Value of Procrastination
Okay, last item on my list below for posting today is this entry on procrastinating. I’ll do it later. Continue reading
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REALITY: Paternal Baggage
This post would be too long to go into detail (actually, it’d make a great 5,000 word story; I’ll have to consider it) but it was inspired by a grumpy old man (my father-in-law), a stubborn man (my spouse) and … Continue reading Continue reading
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology