friendship | friendship
Sep.17.2011
This morning I finished reading Ann Patchett’s novel Truth and Beauty, a memoir about her friendship with Lucy Grealy. It’s a lovely, tragic story and I would have “closed” the book on my e-reader and enjoyed its lingering aftertaste much more had I not felt so uncomfortable. Dare I say...
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Sep.08.2011
I think a good number of my colleagues would empathize with my contention that being good chums with a writer can be a difficult proposition.
Authors, like most artists, tend to be egocentric, driven, indifferent to the feelings of those closest to them...in short, real bastards.
I've just...
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Aug.29.2011
Thanks to a short story, I just had something hand-delivered from Norway to Ottawa. I’m still boggled.
When I wrote "Heart" I was absolutely hoping it would succeed and I'd get to see it in print someday. You're probably not supposed to admit something like that – I think my line is “I wrote it as...
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Aug.21.2011
Direct mail can be great for some things, such as reminding us to support our fave nonprofits. (And how you not open a letter from the NRDC bearing Robert Redford’s name in the return address?) But such letters can also cause meltdowns when they arrive at the wrong time. I just wrote about this...
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Aug.16.2011
Friendships are always tricky for women. Some friendships are BFF= Best
Friends Forever. Some end with a fight or a misunderstanding. Yet I had one friendship
that never formally ended: it faded away.
To read the rest, go to the Spring 2011 issue, page 124-125 of the fabulous new Australian...
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Aug.07.2011
I think about the salmon pasta and roasted shrimp and vegetable pasta I made for my friend.
Without salt, it does not taste any good.
Perhaps a home cooked bland meal is better than hospital food with abundant love to replace the salt.
I sprinkled a lot of love and added a dose of happiness but I...
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Aug.05.2011
I find joy and satisfaction in giving away things I no longer need.
Giving makes me want to give more.
So I spring clean regularly and find things to give away.
Regardless of whether I am on a tight budget, when caring is deep, giving is worthwhile.
I learned this through the eyes of...
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Aug.04.2011
Happy to see her!
Happy to make her laugh!
Happy she remembers.
Happy she knows.
Happy the rain has turned to sunshine.
Happy the waiting has paid off.
Happiness is gratitude.
Happiness is keeping the faith.
Thank you.
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Aug.03.2011
Today would have been the birthday of a sweet, old friend of mine - a lovely man who, in my mind's eye, will always be a long-haired, beautiful 19 year old hippie boy tinkering with his VW Bug. I say "would have" because, a couple of years ago, on Father's Day, K decided that the weight of the...
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Aug.02.2011
I wish the rain would stop. Waiting for the sky to turn blue makes me restless.
Like waiting for things to unfold, trying to hurry it up or make something happen before their time can be grueling.
I read updates and wish for better results.
I push for life to unfold in the direction of...
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