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Life Unfolds

After six weeks of unwinding my business and four weeks of packing up used to be my office, I stand upon the precipice of a big “what’s next?”  The packing and the unwind were a good distraction from...

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Tears for the Cottonwoods

I have not lived in my neighborhood for all that long—three years. In those three years, every morning that I possibly could I sat outside with my cup of tea in hand and meditated upon the three large...

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Exerpt From The Angel Twin

Note:  this is an excerpt from the NaNoWriMo writer’s challenge that I have decided to participate in.  I have never tried to write a novel.  I don’t know if I can. I don’t know if I will finish the...

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Excerpt From the Angel Twin, part II and the end of the chapter

This is Part II of yesterday’s excerpt of The Angel Twin.  In short, it is the rest of the chapter.  This is day three of the NaNoWriMo Writing Challenge and though I have managed to keep up with the...

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Father Figures and Other Dysfunctions – an excerpt from The Angel Twin

Note:  This is another excerpt from the NaNoWriMo Challenge.  I don’t post continuous excerpts and only plan on doing a few.  Keep in mind that the story is being told from the angel twin’s point of...

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Trudging Merrily Along

The rush of taking on the challenge of writing 50 thousand words in 30 days has grown weak, or maybe I should say week as in the beginning of week two. All the experts, the writers who have done this...

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Another Excerpt From “The Angel Twin,” Unlikely Other Angels.

Unlikely Other Angels Note from the author: Excerpts from the story, “The Angel Twin” are not installments given in particular order of the story.  They are just little tastes here and there that...

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That’s My Brag and I’m Sticken’ To It!

You should not brag about the great sex you had last night. No bragging about how much money you make or whether or not you are the smartest person in the room. You don’t want to go through life...

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Hear No Evil and Not Much Else Either

Daily Prompt: Hear No Evil – a WordPress “daily prompt” Tell us about a conversation you couldn’t help but overhear and wish you hadn’t. My prose teacher at college lived an artist’s life. I am not...

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Waiting for the Snow

Grey clouds graze the mountaintops as they slowly creep into the valley, fingers extended toward the east with dark and ominous reach, the promise of a storm. There is stillness to the air, a smell of...

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Joy to the Choir

It wasn’t fair! For two years in a row, Shannon Adams got to be Mary and wear the blue veil and hold the baby Jesus doll in the Christmas Pageant. Shannon Adams stepped on my feet whenever she could....

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Happy New Year to the Neighborhood

Helen sits in her garage with the door open, smoking a cigarette. She never smokes in her house and instead has created a living space, replete with chairs and a rug,  in the third of the three-car...

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The Last Chapter

For me, turning sixty marked the threshold of old age. I will be 62 this year, so now I am really in the thick of it! It does not mean that I have gone gently into that good night, but it does mean...

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Young At Heart

The days and weeks bleed into each other, speed nourished by long “to do” lists. Meditation practice is sporadic during these times, writing almost non-existent. Instead, life is a packing box,...

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The Crone’s Rosary

My friend Susan returned from retreat and showed me the rosary that she had made; read to me the prayers that she had written and prayed. It ignited in me a deep inspiration and realization that I...

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The Oregon or Bust Chronicles

The announcement about our move went out the morning that we finished packing up our house in Colorado. The movers loaded up 25 years of a life in Colorado and drove away.  The last day, the last...

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More From The Oregon or Bust Chronicles

Some drives are just not all that thought-provoking.  This was one such day where I swam in the useless and the mundane to occupy my time for 8 hours. Whereas Denver to Salt Lake was filled with...

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Sort of, Almost, Not Quite Landing in Ashland, Oregon Chronicles

Day three of the drive from Colorado to Oregon got prettier with each passing mile. The high Nevada desert gave way to California cotton woods growing along the farmer’s ditches, and pastures...

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Today I am grateful for…

I read a lot of other bloggers. I learn from how other people write; what they write about; and what subjects inspire them. Last year I found a blog called All of Us (http://all-ofus.com) that was a...

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Meet the Neighbors

We are meeting our new neighbors. We share a driveway with a young couple that have small children. I like having kids next door. They are loud and chaotic and their laughter can be infectious. I like...

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