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Jun.14.2013
I love to read and in my days before diapers, preschool drop-offs and play dates; I spent my free hours luxuriating in the pleasure of vicariously living different lives in far-away worlds. However, my "free" hours are now long gone as the majority of my time is spent firmly grounded in...
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Jun.14.2013
How many reasons are there to keep a spiritual journal? Probably hundreds. In the past few posts, I’ve been listing a few—including some that are my own personal reasons for spiritual journaling. Here are seven more, in the final installment of this series.Why should you keep a spiritual journal?...
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Jun.14.2013
Comma (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I know I've been harping on about grammar and punctuation a lot lately, but I am of the school of thought that if you are from an English-speaking country, you should have a firm grasp of the English language and usage. It is a sad commentary on society that many...
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Jun.14.2013
I have to admit, I do have very eclectic tastes in reading.
I've tackled all manner of difficult material - Spencers Faerie Queene, the Kalevala, the Poetic and Prose Eddas.. and I occasionally find myself livening up my writing life by tacking a pseudo-epic poem or two.
It actually is good...
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Jun.14.2013
I had to bake a cake. To celebrate the days of this week. To put a little statement on the energy and progress of my life. Of course it was chocolate. Decorated with pansies from the garden. Glossy from golden syrup ladled into the frosting. Rain came. In buckets. I watched it feeling a...
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Jun.13.2013
This review of a new biography of Kafka by Reiner Stach is a perfect encapsulation of many facets of Kafka's life and beliefs. Every sentence rings true. [DE]
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Defining Franz Kafka Proves a Kafkaesque Dilemma
Reiner Stach's Bio Addresses...
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Jun.13.2013
I love writing.
I love chasing rabbits into lush alfalfa, witnessing a cow land safely after being tossed by a tornado across three counties, watching the vapor billow from her nostrils as she tears up and swallows, dirty roots and all, a clump of a farmer's field. I love being a garter snake...
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Jun.12.2013
Recently, I revived my practice of spiritual journaling. Why? Because . . .
Because it reminds me to be still.
Because it brings me closer to the Sacred.
Because my meditation practice isn’t working very well these days.
Because it focuses my thoughts.
Because it helps me forget that it...
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Jun.12.2013
On my notepad: a line from a poem? Maybe. A phrase, a city street, nameless characters, their faces undefined. A plot that lies in wait....
I know there are finished works in these fragments. But until they are swept up by function, by the answer to this post's title, they are simply...
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Jun.12.2013
Insomnia, although painful and annoying, has its uses.
During my extremely long night last night, I spent a fair amount of time thinkng about writing from a heroines perspective. I've known a fair number of women, I was married 17 years, so I kind of think I might have a bit of a handle on...
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