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I mentioned in my 2017 To-Do List that I follow a blog known as The Introvert’s Dictionary and that I wanted to create a Writer’s version. I hope you enjoy the inaugural entry into The Writer’s Alphabet. Here is letter A. Feel free to reference these definitions in your daily writing life. I’m open to letter…
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A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who sympathized, empathized, and otherwise offered comfort and kind words regarding the passing of our sweet Nellie. The Nellie blog inspired many folks to share stories of their pets. Wonderful stories! Humorous, heartbreaking, incredible stories. We laughed, we cried, we remembered fondly. Crazy dog! Can you believe…! How about that time…! The loss may continue…
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It is with wounded heart, weeping eyes, and hitching breath that I type this. We lost our beloved pup, Nellie Fox, last week after thirteen long and wonderful years and a quick and failing decline. We bought her from a Pembroke Welsh Corgi breeder in Harvard, Illinois, Labor Day weekend, 2003. To discourage an impulse buy, I…
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Let’s talk about books, baby Let’s talk about you and me Let’s talk about all the good things And the bad things that may be Let’s talk about books With much thanks to Salt-N-Pepa, let’s talk about books. What am I reading? Would I recommend it? And why? I just finished the audio of Wool…
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Happy New Year. Happy fresh start. Happy do-over. Or redo-over. Or do-new. 2016 was quite a year. These are just words on a screen. Any tone you read was drawn of your own implication. But you did read that with tone, didn’t you? You couldn’t help it. It was quite a year. To be fair,…
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I love a fresh start. A blank page, a white canvas, a new year. They hold so much promise. I’m not so concerned with traditional “resolutions” this new year, although I do resolve to get things done. There’re a lot of things I think about doing that I just never seem to get to. For…
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Congratulations! You have officially survived Christmas. All those weeks of planning, prepping, buying, baking, carding, cleaning, and wrapping have paid off. (in the words of those oh-so-popular-this-time-of-year infomercials) BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! The myriad of things you didn’t get done have come due. For every Christmas accomplishment, there was an, “Oh, I’ll do that after Christmas,” or a,…
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I truly believe there is only so much you can know at any given time. I’m pretty sure I’m at capacity, which is why I’m so forgetful. At my age, every time I learn something new, something else gets pushed out. It’s a pretty common theory amongst the absentminded. And the aging. It’s amazing what…
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It’s no secret that the idea of driving in the snow freaks me out. I had plans for last night! Plans* which my phobia cancelled. I don’t hate snow. As a matter of fact, I really enjoy a good snow. The kind with the big fat flakes that fall lazily from the sky, dotting the land with…
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“THE SKY IS FALLING!” said Chicken Little. And some believed him. Disaster must be imminent; the baby bird said so. But read on… And don’t believe everything you are told. Even if you want to. “WOLF!” the boy cried. And some believed him. There must be a threat to the flock; the young shepherd said so.…
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