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“A man can’t understand why a woman’s handbag is such a sensitive object-almost an extension of her person. I don’t fully understand it myself. Maybe it’s because we keep so many private, intimate possessions in our purses- love letters, cosmetics, jelly doughnuts…Maybe a purse is a symbol of the womb, or something equally Freudian. I…
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There are just four days until the last day of this session of A Round of Words in 80 Days. As you’d know if you’ve been keeping up with this blog, I jumped in on this session super late, so I gave myself a very easy goal: by June 23, finish a rough draft of…
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“What they needed most, at the moment, was courage. And courage was something that couldn’t be issued like helmets or hand grenades.” “The Story of D-Day, June 6, 1944″ by Bruce Bliven, Jr. Among the many books I’ve graciously inherited, some of my favourites are the collection of vintage 1950s history books, like this Landmark…
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“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.” ~James Michener Amen to that, brother. There are a lot of great quotes out there by writers, but I think if there were any I would put in fancy writing, frame, and hang in my room somewhere, I think it just might have to…
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“Stories are like spiders, with all they long legs, and stories are like spiderwebs, which man gets himself all tangled up in but which look so pretty when you see them under a leaf in the morning dew, and in the elegant way that they connect to one another, each to each.” “Anansi Boys” by…
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Today, this glorious Monday, June 13, is my only day off this week. Naturally, this makes me think that I’ll get a lot done today, be a very productive member of my household, and accomplish all of my daily writing goals. Of course, I know myself better than that and know that I’m never usually…
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I was thinking this morning of one of the stories I read in the latest journal that’s caught my attention, Literary Laundry, and how I could come up with a story that might have a bit more social poignancy and resonance than my current measly selection of stories ready for print. It started with the…
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It started with the sink. The sink was clogging, no matter how much drain cleaner or drain snake products we seemed to use. This was connected to the fact that our washing machine was not working; apparently, they’re both connected. Then came the flooding. Our area received a great deal of rainfall in a short…
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