MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR

  • WaR

    I go to WaR the first Tuesday of every month. Writers as Readers is the book club I joined through In Print. Members each select a month to “host” (we meet at Barnes & Noble) and a book for the group to read. Four meetings in, not only am I duly impressed with the selections…

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  • Weird List: Ireland

    Those who’ve followed my blog or traveled with me know that I keep track of a Weird List. Anything that makes me tilt my head, raise a brow or literally exclaim, “Well that was weird,” counts. In no particular order, here’s a collection of things that made me go, Hmmm, while traveling Ireland. Using the…

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  • An Excuse to post a whole bunch more Ireland Photos!

    If God is in the details, then God must be Irish. Seems like a “blog” cheat since there’s very little writing involved this week. But hey, if a picture is worth a thousand words, I’m waaaaay over my usual word count! I hope you enjoy my method of editing! Stay tuned next week: The Weird…

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  • Literary Tour

    As I reminisce about Ireland, I realize this is the first time in almost two years of Monday Blogging that I have thought once a week was too infrequent! Honestly, who couldn’t talk about THIS every day?! You may not have gathered from my first installment of Ireland Blogs that the trip I took was…

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  • Sláinte!

    So, I recently returned from a tour of Ireland. It was amazing. I have traveled a decent amount, been to many amazing places—Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, France, Germany, Mexico. And I have seen many amazing things. But Ireland is my favorite. Not just because it’s fresh, although I can see where a harried traveler might lose…

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  • Mixed Messages

    (This one cracks me up, wins “best use of mime” award!) Actions speak louder than Words is a familiar adage, we come across it all the time—especially writers, right? Show, don’t tell! But I falter frequently. No, I’m not going to tattle on myself and my adverb abuse (they don’t call me Maryly for nothin’!), I’d rather…

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  • Where I’m Trending

    We discuss trends frequently in my writers’ groups. What’s happened in the past to affect the future. What’s happening right now. It’s amazing how trendy things can be– how you can get caught up in a movement without even knowing it. I often reference the blind-trend participation with a couple of analogies– you know how you buy a…

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  • My Annual Reminder

    Birthday week has come and gone and a great one it was. Luckily, birthday month not only continues, but it ends with a flight to Ireland. (I need an ecstatic emoticon here!) I love my birthday. I love your birthday. I love birthdays! I know they’re just days that signify we’re getting older, and believe…

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  • Bleeping Beep

    I woke to that all too familiar low-battery beep. You know the one, high-pitched and piercing, the scree of beeps that’s like a fat-fingered flick directly to your eardrum. The sound seems to bounce off the walls and echo through the hallways making it nearly impossible to locate. I wander from room to room, awaiting…

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  • ABAB

    Always Bring A Book. Abab, say it with me, ab ab. Always. Bring a book. A! Bab! Seriously, I have been caught twice in the last week WAITING with nothing to read. What was I thinking leaving the house without a book? I wasn’t thinking. Well, I was thinking it would only take a minute.…

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