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I Should Be Happier
I’m sitting here in my own house with pup snoring somewhere down the hallway and my day is completely my own. I can write, I can sit out on the porch and read a book. I’m in good (enough) health. … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, contentment, dissatisfaction, happiness, writing
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I Know You Mean Well, But…
So I mentioned a little bit ago that I have a friend who’s dealing with brain tumors. They’ve set up a FB page to keep everyone posted about what’s going on so I’m getting to see not just updates by … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, death, encouragement, reality, religion, serious illness
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You Could, But Have You?
That’s the much more polite version of what I found myself wanting to say more than once this weekend. I was visiting a good friend and her spouse and the spouse–who was once incredibly successful but basically hasn’t done much … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writing, it may look easy but it isn't, writing, you have to write the book
That Gray Area Between Death and Life
I’d written about 300 words of a post about ethics and how like people gravitate to like people and then realized I just didn’t want to go there today. But…Since I’m here… A very good friend of mine just found … Continue reading
A New Year, Time to Write
When I was growing up I wrote a lot of bad poetry. It was my way of dealing with all the drama of home, including a terminally ill father. After he died I wrote even more. It’s not publishable, I … Continue reading
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Tagged art as escape, new year
On Compliance…
Gee, I’m blogging a lot this month. Must be because I have a novel I need to write… Recent events have me thinking back to this fundamental truth that I’ve known for a long while: No one person (at least … Continue reading
A Reminder About Depression
It’s been a looong time since I’ve mentioned depression here on the blog. But on Twitter today one of the folks I followed shared a link to a blog post I thought was worth sharing by someone who is struggling … Continue reading
Posted in General, Life
Tagged being a writer, depression, outside stressors, social media, stepping away, writing
Clawing My Way Forward One Day At a Time
I should be writing, but I’m not. So I figured it was a good time to stop and reassess and maybe tell a story that might give someone somewhere a glimmer of hope… (Maybe. Or be that last nail in … Continue reading
Posted in Life, My Writing
Tagged being a writer, learning lessons through trial and error, self-publishing, taking the long way, writing
A Matter of Perspective
As I’ve mentioned before, my dad was terminally ill most of his adult life. He didn’t have his kidneys so had to dialyze three times a week for over twenty years. If you had asked him what he wanted most … Continue reading
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I am a coward
So an election happened here this week. You might’ve noticed? And there are many, many discussions occurring around it. On Facebook and Twitter they’re going on, from both sides of the divide. And I see those conversations and I think, … Continue reading
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