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Monday Musings and Motivations – Part Six – Generosity

I have lots of new followers now since being Freshly Pressed!   Thanks and I hope you’ll stick around.  Let me know if you like (or don’t like) what I have to say.  It’s okay if you don’t agree, just be nice.  If you’re not, your comment won’t show up anyway.  That’s the way it … Continue reading

Writing is a Workout

Just a quick post today regarding writing and how much it requires of a person.  I’m not sure people who don’t write — for a living or for solely creative purposes — realize just how much it takes to put words to paper and flesh out an idea. I’ve had a great week writing for … Continue reading

Peace, Love and Writing

The third annual Woodstock Writers’ Festival is next week — April 19th through 22nd.  The workshops (held in “beautiful homes in Woodstock”) are sold out but there’s still plenty of activities left.  Rock ‘n Roll Story Slam, Meet and Greet the Author (Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors, hilarious book) and songwriting classes. I’m … Continue reading

Secret Agents, Ventriloquism and Make-Believe

This blog was inspired by Sweet Mother.  Visit her blog and I promise you’ll have more than a few laugh-out-loud moments. A blog of hers struck a chord with me, triggered a few childhood memories.  How does our sense of fun get all cluttered up with distractions?  I know, I know; work, job, kids (in … Continue reading

Dancing With Words

A fellow writer/blogger inspired this post.  Saunter on over to Brinda Banerjee’s blog where you’ll read about a wonderful childhood experience with poetry. Her blog inspired me to go through some of my decades-old writing and my awkward attempt at poetry.  To me, poetry is much more difficult than writing fiction or non-fiction.  It’s a … Continue reading

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sheesh
/SHēSH/
exclamation

INFORMAL
exclamation: sheesh
  1. used to express disbelief or exasperation.
    “Sheesh! Why can’t you talk to me, you know, like normally?”
Origin
1950s: probably an alteration of jeez.