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Good Things
From Whence They Came
I was rewriting a short story yesterday morning and decided on the title, “The Nick of Time.” Though the phrase isn’t mentioned anywhere in the story, its implications are fierce—linking the main plot and the subplot—I hope anyway. These vehicles we use to write—setting the tone as tragic or comic, voice patterns of characters, memorable … Continue reading
You Gotta Laugh
If you look back at some of the best moments of your life, you’ll always find laughter. Laughter can make your heart swell and pump with vitality. According to the Mayo Clinic it can do all this: Stimulate all those organs inside you plus make your brain feel as if you just had chocolate or … Continue reading
Thanks
As a writer I’m acutely aware of how much weight words carry. We fling them about these days, through various channels of social media, so many outlets of delivering what we feel, what we want to say. I personally don’t Tweet, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and whatever else there may be. I seriously don’t know how … Continue reading
Monday Musings and Motivations — Part Fifty-Three — This Condition of Being Human
We all have baggage. Some we carry around for decades—a snarky, hurtful comment is like an old tube of travel toothpaste that we find when we dig out a suitcase to go somewhere. We look at it and think, I’ll just keep this in case I need it again. Despite that its freshness is gone … Continue reading
Monday Musings and Motivations — Part Fifty-Two — Connections
I walk into a coffeehouse, specifically one that is global and serves happy hour libations in some areas now. It’s early afternoon and I wait in line, only one person in front of me and then it’s my turn. “I’d like a Venti Decaf.” My usual is a Venti No-Fat Vanilla Cappuccino but if I … Continue reading
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