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May.15.2013
Dinner Rituals and Reflections
As I minced the basil and tomatoes fixing to toss them in the mix of squash and mushrooms sautéing on the stove, I began to ponder the many rituals of dinner. Dinner was and is my favorite meal as this is the time when the family crawls in from...
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May.02.2013
Where Have all the Day Dreams Gone?
Sitting in a window seat of a packed café in Sonoma (...
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Apr.15.2013
Defining Lenses
Ambling a park during Sonoma County’s luscious spring season; trying not to sneeze myself unconscious a reoccurring epiphany pervaded my thoughts. It began after a recent conversation with my mother. Being back in California after almost two years in the east coast, where...
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Jan.05.2013
Pain and Perspective
Not long ago, I was running through the world with...
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Aug.21.2012
The Faces of Racial Profiling Filling our Jails
I am a professor of English and creative writing at a college in...
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Mar.14.2012
The blog post this week was to write about a literary sex scene that stimulated without overdoing on the graphics. I admit, I cheated a smidgen as my chosen scene is from Juliana's Truth my my latest novel about a woman discovering her past. The following excerpt is far from...
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Feb.13.2012
CREATIVE MOVEMENT-CREATING WORDS
A WORKSHOP
Saturday April 28th
Time- 2pm-6pm
Cost-$60.00
Materials- Notebook and pen, and/or laptop
This integrative workshop coaxes creativity through drumming, dance, yoga, and the wonder of the breath....
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Feb.13.2012
CLEARING THE CONFUSION
ABOUT
HATHA YOGA
Recently I realized significant misunderstanding and confusion still orbiting around Yoga...
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Oct.18.2011
The Modern Immigrant
My husband and I recently relocated from Sonoma California just outside of San Francisco to Philadelphia—South Philly bordering the Bella Vista (Italian) neighborhood to be exact. Leaving the land of vineyards where wine making and tasting is a way of life was a...
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Jan.12.2011
THE CHRONICLES of NURSE NOELLE
Tuesday, September 2008: Pacific Medical Center-Day Shift
I skidded into the front desk one minute after seven, ransacked my purse for a pen, tossed my coat over a chair, and grabbed the...
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Sep.08.2010
Geez Justin B., you are a big fibberpants, you say "I"m gonna tell you one time" but you tell us one time too many about your one girl. Does your mother know you are not in school? That is so sweet of you to profess that one girl is your whole world--how many gals have you...
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Sep.03.2010
As the sizzling sound of summer barbeques fade into memory, attentions turn towards the autumn harvest with the hope of cool weather right around the bend. Alas, this particular year no one had a chance to tire of the heat, no stifling temperatures slowing productivity, no days playing...
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May.06.2010
Perspective is a precarious perch shuffling about like a wad of paper blowing in a wind storm. Depending on the viewer, it can be as varied as day and night--and all the in betweens of dusk and dawns. A looming example--a palable for instance--my need to locate a reasonably priced space to teach...
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“In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage-to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness.” --Alex Haley. ”
About Karen
I began as a poet and children's writer but have branched off to short stories and novels. Love to write essays as well. Writing is my life line to worlds I want to visit. I have had a children's story "Frederick the Forgetful Rattler" published...
Causes Karen Devaney Supports
Eve Ensler and any organization that deals with issues supporting women and children and the advancement of their education.
Amnesty Now
Karen’s Favorite Books
"Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech, "I'll Take You There" by Joyce Carol Oates, "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy, "Cat's Eye" by Maraget Atwood, "For...