Maybe I Have Trouble W/ Closings Because I Am So Fond of Beginnings

October 31st. All Hallow’s Eve. Halloween. Sawhain. Whatever you want to call it; it feels like a passing–a closure–to me. When I was working, I liked closure. Closure was getting a file off my desk, a claimant off the phone, a chance to get in the car and go home. But with [...]

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Surprise While Editting a Short Story

When I was an undergrad, I took an Intermediate Fiction Workshop during one of my last semesters in school. I was able to skip the Beginners class because I had already had the Beginners Poetry and Intermediate Poetry Workshops. Or, I think it was–I was fairly well liked in the Education Dept and they [...]

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Change of Seasons

Fall is usually my favorite season. When I was a girl, it was mainly because I was enjoying the first months of school and looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even as an adult I enjoy Thanksgiving, alot and Christmas–some what. Christmas is for kids, so when I am around kids it is fun, [...]

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Follow-up on Poem to be Published

When I was driving back from the mall (sipping my celebratory large diet coke) I started thinking about my poem that will be published; I wondered how long it took.
“The Summer She Left” Originally written in October, 1998 (or the earliest printed version) but that was not the original title. This was about 6 months [...]

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Good News Through the Decongestant Haze

I received some good news today . One of my poems will be appearing in the inaugural issue of The Red Clay Review that is scheduled for Spring of 2008. It is an older poem that I really re-worked before and after I workshopped it back in March. I was very happy to update [...]

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Still Sick!

Yucky. That is how I feel, yucky. Not that sick enough to lay in bed, but sick enough to feel drained just walking across the house.
Hubby and I went out last night to celebrate our 9th Wedding Anniversary. I didn’t feel too bad so I had high hopes for today. But, alas, I’m still under [...]

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Today I’m Not A Quitter, But I Am Sick

Yesterday, I had that tickly feeling in the back of my throat that made me think I was sick getting sick. Since I quite work, however, I haven’t been sick. My husband was sick this week though so I should have known it would get to me.
So as I write this I have had two [...]

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