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On This Is Us, Hoarding, and Story
I watched the 5-1/2 minute discussion video they have after every episode and then scrolled up and down hoping Episode 10’s teaser trailer would be up. Nope. Not yet. So then I felt empty. Just a bit. But this story–You guys! I LOVE story. Story. With a capital S.
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{Dear Azzie, Love Auntie} 22 months
Thursday, 11/16/2017 6:06am Dear Azzie, Yesterday you turned 22 months old. You are two months short of TWO YEARS. Where has the time gone?
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I Am A Writer.
How does this make me feel? Scared. Alive. Embarrassed. Like I’m shouting (#fontmatters). Like I’m drawing attention to myself. Like a fraud. I don’t write everyday. I have nothing published out there in the writing world. I have many unfinished stories. It’s like I have nothing to back this claim…
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Sunday Sweetness: The Dirty Dishes Edition
I took a lot of pictures today. I took some of the walk Anthony and I took around Meadow Vista. I took some of the berry bushes along the side of the road and the sunlight. I screenshot the homepage of the YouTube channel I subscribed to earlier today. I…
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Word.
Last Wednesday I posted this photo on Instagram and Facebook: With these words typed below it: This semester Wednesday nights look like this. Anthony works after Program so we meet at the Senior Center early before Bible Study. I bring him food and usually coffee (this week it was orange…
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On Short Stories and Old Facebook Notes
I have been thinking a lot lately of writing short stories and putting them Out There — either on this blog or, more recently, Wattpad. In Chapter 6 of DIY MFA, Gabriela Pereira writes about ideas and how do you know if this idea is The One. For book-length projects…
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