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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Garden Kingdom...

That's the name of the company who fixed my back yard pond. It's only about 10 feet across at the wide end, kind of a triangle shape. The waterfall's at the wide end, the narrow is about two steps off the deck. The new rocks are brown sandstone, some have a bit of moss or lichen on them, and it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Poets & Writers

Just received the July-August issue of Poets & Writers. Sometimes I'm busy (doin' nothin') and don't even crack the cover. But this time I got busy right away. The back cover ad called to me like the siren's song drew those sailors so long ago. I don't think I'm going to stop up my ears or lash... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Slim fellow in the grass...

Remember Emily? What brought me to her poetry yesterday was the humidity they say it's not the heat She's got the makings of a plot in this slender poem. She leaves much for imagination to think about in this truth, boiled and reduced to its essence. A wounded deer leaps highest, I've heard the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Busy Shift at Carnegie's Bookshop

I got there early so I could put out the snacks and turn on the ceiling fans, set up the cash register, neaten up. The temp gauge on Ruby's dashboard (my little Toyota) said 99 degrees. So I spread a towel over the steering wheel to keep it cool enough to touch by the time I was ready to drive home.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

More 1890s articles are coming...

I almost decided not to go to the library today, not work my shift in the little used book shop. It's supposed to get to 97 degrees this afternoon, which turns the car into an oven, makes the seat belt buckle hot enough to burn. But there's a chance of thunderstorms, possibly severe, which means... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Thumper, the cute bunny from "Bambi" said it 60 years ago...

"If ya can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." Wouldn't that put CNN and all the show biz gossip gurus outta business? So I'm sayin' nothin' about the Gulf of Mexico and the BP carelessness that led to an ongoing eruption of poison into an already threatened environment. And I'm sayin'... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Mistakes have been made. Maybe learned from.

The mistake was posting a chapter from My Disco Ball is Broken on Zoetrope, Frances Ford Coppola's online workshop for writers. I got back some feedback that left me crestfallen and disheartened. A careful and helpful reviewer made some suggestions that would have made perfect sense for fixing a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

About the "Small People"

Of all the things I hate most in the world, being talked down to by some "superior" man is probably at the top of my list. All a guy has to do is treat me like a silly woman, say something the equivalent of "there, there, don't worry your pretty little head about it," and there's an adrenalin surge... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

It's a dearth, dahling, an absolute dearth!

WHERE IS EVERYONE? You can lob all you like, send the ball smashing over the net... But if there's no one to return your serve, fogedaboudit! No one is at the Blogiteria this week. All I can hear is my own voice echoing off the walls. It seems positively deserted. There are some luscious lemon... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Duotrope -- site for writers

And it's free! My friend Barry recommended it to me, and I've signed on. I'll be submitting some short stories to lit mags I find there. One very interesting fact I discovered yesterday. I've been sending my stories to a magazine in Portland, OR, "Glimmer Train." Some of my best personality studies,... Sign in to see full entry.

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