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Writing is the painting of the voice -Voltaire-. Blog renewal-Reclaiming my Writing Life. July 19, 2016. Renewal, reclaiming, restarting, rebirthing, rejuvenating, or just plain getting back to it. These have been my thoughts for the last few months. I finally decided that getting back to blogging would be a good time to refresh my writing platform thus this new blog (still under construction).But I had forgotten how time consuming it can be to learn the ins and outs of a new format. I am so grateful for...
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Show...Not Tell: March 2016
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Happy International Women's Day. All of us, with our gifts and our weaknesses, our blessings and our tribulations, our push to be better and our acceptance of who we are, make a mosaic of beauty that celebrates today on International Women's Day. Celebrate today. We each make the world a better place. D aring to be me. Till It Happens To You (A Cappella Cover of Lady Gaga's Song). Monday, March 7, 2016. On Kindness: A Tribute to a Kind Man.
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Show...Not Tell: Waking Up
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Tuesday, March 1, 2016. And so it is with my writing. Often the day fills and my words aren't written. Often my day fills and words aren't thought. Often my words dissipate with the rush of the drive-through coffee. Thank you to the blog, Two Writing Teachers, for your promotion of the March Writers' Challenge. Thank you for giving us a forum for writing and responding to other writers. March 1, 2016 at 1:02 AM. March 1, 2016 at 2:16 AM. March 1, 2016 at 5:41 AM.
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Show...Not Tell: July 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. A Small Moment Sonnet. I have been taking a poetry class this summer and have been experimenting with different kinds of forms. Last week I posted a small moment written in couplets. This week is a sonnet small moment nestled into a fairy tale. This has been hard work and a work in progress. It has been fun and is still a work in progress. The five of us kids looked forward to treat night when on. Thursday evening we watched Bewitched. For d...
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Show...Not Tell: May 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Thursday, May 21, 2015. I have been spending more time in my childhood city recently, visiting my mom as she transitions into assisted living. Mother’s Day was spent with her and my two adult children, the three of us traveling on a road trip to see the woman who my children affectionately call grammsie. When I am there, I usually move between mom and siblings and mom and childhood friends, visiting and spreading my time with those all those I love. I remember an o...
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Show...Not Tell: August 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Thursday, August 27, 2015. Right now I have several distractions in my life at home and at school. They are the things that keep calling out to me…”Pay attention to me.”. 8220;Give me your energy and time.”. 8220;I am what is important.”. But they are distractors. They are pointing me in the wrong direction. They are the things that cause me to go to places of self-doubt, resentment, gossip, and even a bit of hopelessness. Recently I went to visit my mom. I have fr...
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Show...Not Tell: February 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Tuesday, February 24, 2015. A Writer Gone Dormant. Once upon a time there was a girl who loved to write and had so much to say about life and about the world and about her life. Her words were light and always gave insight (to at least herself—and often to others reading). Sometimes her words were playful. Other times, serious. One day, after a year of many sadnesses and extreme busyness, the words seemed to go away. And writing as she knew it stopped. The words ar...
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Show...Not Tell: September 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Thursday, September 10, 2015. When Freedom Is Not a Choice. I have been taken with images of men and women fleeing from places where freedom is not a choice. The choice to stay is actually probably a choice to die. Images of children floating to shore as families flee to a new place where freedom and life might be given. Images of agony in the face of freedom lost. The poem below has haunted me. We all seek freedom. We all need compassion. No One Leaves Home. No on...
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Show...Not Tell: January 2016
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Monday, January 18, 2016. Today I Believe in the Power of Mourning. Today I believe in the power of mourning. I believe in primal wails of a father giving a last embrace. I believe in friends visiting in droves for a final goodbye. Today I believe in the nurses' tender caring for the dying. Gently combing her hair; tending to her every need. 8232;Today I believe in the power of mourning. I believe in the raw ache of a mother losing her daughter. Sometimes it is jus...
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Show...Not Tell: December 2015
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From a writer and a teacher of writing. Tuesday, December 29, 2015. My 2016 Word for the Year. For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. We are coming to the close of 2015 and welcoming in the beginning of 2016. I have started the year for many years now by choosing a word to serve as a guide and light my path as I enter into the next year. Below are words that have chosen me since 2010. May this new year br...