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May.17.2013 - 6:32 pm
THE VOID
    Perhaps one of the greatest fears of retiring is THE VOID. What do we go to next? Some definitions of the void contain the words useless, ineffectual, devoid,...
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May.14.2013 - 11:25 am
Getting to the Finish Line Before Retiring
Over the past few months, five people I have known have died---two were in their eighties but two were in their sixties(my decade of life right now). One friend now has metastatic...
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May.10.2013 - 8:35 am
Dreams and Fears Before Retiring
Before I retired, I had strange dreams--old men in elevators beckoning me. Should I get on? Would I ever get off? Also, since I had to drop my younger daughter off my health care...
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Sep.28.2011 - 1:34 pm
Finding Time To Write
  Octavia Butler said, “Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable.”    Writing can be done anywhere and at any time. In my house in Buffalo during grad school I...
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Comments from Louise

May.10.2013 - 4:39 pm
In response to: DREAMS
Dreams
Yes--thanks for your comment on mine--the same wavelength--and great to keep writing through it all--Great piece and...
Jun.16.2010 - 6:18 am
In response to: Good News
Congrats, Norman. Look
Congrats, Norman. Look forward to hearing more about the review and how you're doing.
May.31.2010 - 1:46 pm
In response to: Born Too Late To Be Harper Lee
Promotion
I enjoyed reading this as my book(Burned: A Memoir) just came out so of course I'm thinking of all kinds of "angles"...
May.08.2010 - 9:50 pm
In response to: Mumsie: A Mother's Day Tribute
I really liked
I really liked this--especially the end--very touching and what a close bond you had with your mom.
May.03.2010 - 9:44 pm
In response to: Searching for Humanity
Very beautifully written and
Very beautifully written and moving--

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Poem: Dream of the Uninterrupted Moss
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About Louise

Born in NYC and now a San Francisco transplant, I've been a writer for many years. I've written two books of poetry,  co-authored a non-fiction book(How to Bury a Goldfish) and my memoir--Burned--will be out in April 2010. I've also written part of a novel...
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