Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Monday, December 14, 2015

TIMING

At sixteen you count your years: with neither glimmer nor hint of how soon they’ll take you from invincibility to decrepitude. You see an old man’s shuffling steps as lack of the will to stride, never guessing he was you it seemed only a week ago. You force a temporary gate through a barbed-wire... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Holding Space: a new technique for helping people

I found this link on FB earlier this morning, just when I really needed it. I could not possibly say it better than Heather Plett - so I've enclosed the link for anyone who might be interested. "What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Keep Looking... Sooner or later the right one will turn up

I read this article in the September Writer's Digest about a publisher called Leapfrog Press. They had a writing contest coming up, were seeking submissions. I probably didn't see the September issue until early November. But I liked the article and the kinds of stuff they publish. So I put the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 11, 2015

Just Desserts

The convicted felon wept – bawled – as the 17 guilty counts were read by the judge, as he realized he was going to spend the rest of his life in the company of his kind: predators. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The teenager's mother clapped her hands and screamed with joy as she watched an Oklahoma City jury... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

My To Do List --

Send query letter to at least one publisher or agent. Get Christmas Cards ready & mail them. Sort out the federal tax-related paperwork for 2015, file bank statements, and purge old documents. Go through magazines, recycle all that are more than 2 years old. Ditto the bookshelves. Donate unneeded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

About the Bahamas...

I talked with Mary at The Center yesterday - thanked her again for the giant shopping bag full of yarn. I mentioned the 1982 sales slip that had been at the bottom, so faded it was nearly unreadable. No, she says, I wasn't there in '82. In fact, at that time I was still with my first husband. He... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Ho Ho Ho and Why Not Start Up a Bookstore for Writers

I thought it was some kind of character flaw. I was just a freak. The problem? I hate the Christmas season. I grit my teeth at Halloween when the black Friday crap starts hitting the scene, and want to run away and live in the woods until January 1st. The pressure's on to buy "THE" toy, electronic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 7, 2015

Art & Literature

It was clouding up when I left for the Library at 1:55 yesterday afternoon. The parking lot was jammed. Must be a good day for the library, I thought. But there weren't so many in the stacks or at the check-out desk, and my little Carnegie's coffee shop/bookstore was absolutely deserted. I wasn't in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Love Threads

My crochet habit had become a bit obsessive, so about a month ago I decided to stay the heck out of Michael’s arts & crafts store and to avoid Walmart’s sewing and home crafts department. One weekend I boxed up my crochet hooks, yarn remnants, and put them on a shelf, donated most of the beanies,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Great News!

Just got a phone call from my baby girl in Florida. She recently went through a complete series of diagnostic tests looking for breast and uterine cancer. The tests are all negative, she's clear! I am one happy mom! Sign in to see full entry.

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