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“Next Big Thing” Blog Tour
As I mentioned last week, there’s a viral blog event going around called “The Next Big Thing” in which writers give a glimpse of works in progress by answering a set of questions. I’ve been tagged by...
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God, Love, and Dog Poop
I took Chloe for a walk not long ago and ran smack into a lesson on boundaries, dog poop, and the love of God. We had only gone a few steps when my ears picked up the voices of two women who regularly...
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Naked on a Plane
I woke this morning to the rumble of jets overhead, one of the sounds that marks the start of a new day here. It’s one of the perks of living a few miles from the airport but I didn’t think about the...
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Urge to Purge
Above: Four minutes of fun in Bettina’s Minimalist Kitchen, “The White Box” (In English with subtitles). The urge to purge seems to be running through my network of friends and family like the cold...
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Lunch With Friends
I ate some old friends for lunch today. It’s the only way to get rid of them. They keep coming back like relatives you miss until they come and stay for months, or the chatty kind of people you try to...
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The Mother My Daughter Is
Originally posted on Red's Wrap:I like to say I knew her when. I knew her when her bangs were cut straight across with sewing scissors because the idea of spending real money on a haircut for a kid...
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What Nadia Wanted
Her name was not Nadia which means hope or desire. She was named for a mythical bird whose feet never touch the ground. Her privacy is important, though, so Nadia it is and, like her given name, it...
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Hi, Again
Happy New Year. As most of you know, I haven’t been blogging much over the past few months. This is for all good reasons, to do with getting ready for launching my novel next month. Also, I have a...
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Today’s Walk: Dawn At The Edge of the World
“…when you give yourself to places, they give you yourself back; the more one comes to know them, the more one seeds them with the invisible crop of memories and associations that will be waiting for...
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A Chance for Free Copies of Casualties
A quick post to let you know that my publisher is giving away copies of Casualties over on Goodreads. The giveaway begins today and runs right up to the launch on Groundhog Day, February 2. Here’s the...
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Sunday Sentence: The Literary Dog
“The deaths of others carry us off bit by bit, until there will be nothing left; and this, too, will be, in a way, a mercy.” John Updike from his short story, “Deaths of Distant Friends” found in The...
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A Reader Reminds Me Why I’m Doing This
“May I just say thank you for caring about a really big issue. My son has his own story to tell about his re-entry and his attempt at suicide…we still have him. For this I am eternally grateful. And...
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Todays Walk: It Begins
It begins when I know that silence will hurt me and those I love, when the comfort of my life will not insulate me from the damage that will afflict millions for years to come if I am silent. It begins...
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