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All In — A to Z Challenge
A to Z Primer — A Study of the World Behind Your Eyes Day One — All In Can writing improve your life? I’m going to attempt to write something every day for a month, and I’m hoping the daily … Continue reading
Moon Talk
Moon Talk For centuries, the moon has captivated our imagination, influenced our bodies, and penetrated our dreams in all her evanescent, full and mysterious glory. Moon Talk, by Wade Stevenson pays a metaphorical tribute to the golden glowing orb whose … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, howl at the moon, Moon Talk, poetry, poets, Wade Stevenson, writing
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Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy
“Memory is like rope, knotted every three or four feet, and hanging down a deep well. When you pull it up, just about anything might be attached to those knots. But you’ll never know what’s there if you don’t pull. And the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice and confessions, cannibals, Dinty W. Moore, essay, life, love, memoir, writing, writing guide
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Dear You
Dear You Dear You, a combination of poetry and memoir, by Wade Stevenson is one of the most exposed, unrelenting, and heart-breaking pieces on longing that I’ve read. Like Flutes and Tomatoes (reviewed here), named one of the best Indie … Continue reading
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Tagged best Indie books of 2015, book review, Dear You, kirkus reviews, love and longing, memoir, poetry, Wade Stevenson, writing
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Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands
“Just a Couple of Old People Holding Hands”: A Memoir of a Marriage in Alzheimer’s World By Carl R. Smith, Jr. Edited by William C. Smith For those of you who’ve just tuned in, what follows is an editorial preamble … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, journal, love in the time of alzheimers, true love, writing
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Big Magic
Big Magic There’s Big Love in Big Magic, the new book by Elizabeth Gilbert, love of work, love of mucking around in the primordial soup of creativity, and love of manifesting into being that which makes your Soul … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Magic, blogging, book reviews, creative living beyond fear, creativity, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, writing
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Be the Change…
“Change was the uninvited dinner guest at a swanky restaurant who drank and talked excessively and then bailed on the check, a nefarious six-letter word that entered like a hurricane, scattering roofs and dreams, downing all electrical connections, and leaving … Continue reading
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Tagged 40-hour work week, Be the Change, blogging, civil strife, good reads, hammock, higher education, labor, Labor Day, life, OSHA, philosphical, refugees, writing
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Cherish This
Cherish This Welcome to the Cherished Blogfest. The idea is to dish about something that you don’t just favor, but adore, relating all the delicious details and the reason for such unwavering dedication. The instructions were to talk about an … Continue reading
The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress
The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress Robert Frost famously said that “home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Rhoda Janzen’s, The Mennonite in the Little Black Dress proves Frost’s … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, borscht, gay husbands, going home, memoir, Mennonites, writing
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