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Seasonal symptoms

Nightmares that tear at the fabric of sleep days lost to depression at the hatred in speech news of no relevance or negatively biased pessimism reigning over hope’s tender blossoms. I remember the tears flowing freely last year as we watched a new president’s inaugural address how much have we lost in the days sinceContinue reading “Seasonal symptoms”

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Navigating the stream

Writing at home full-time is a dream of mine. I realize it’s a dream shared by millions, if not billions, of people and very few have the privilege of living it. You need a benefactor, or a windfall of money, to sustain yourself financially and that’s if you’re only trying to support yourself. In additionContinue reading “Navigating the stream”

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Distance

I’m embarrassed at how much time I’ve taken away from writing in either of my two blogs. I signed up for NaNoWriMo and I’ve written less than 1000 words for that, so no excuses there. Chronic fatigue is part of it, lack of light with the time change another – has either effected you? BuddhistContinue reading “Distance”

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Living with a writer.

This is what it can be like when you live with a writer. I sent this text message to my husband a couple of days ago. I’m a shameless gusher, embarrassed, but shameless. Text Message to My Husband I love you. Stating it risks redundancy, but you who have loved me through all the rough,Continue reading “Living with a writer.”

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Dick Durbin U.S. Senator Illinois – Take Action – Tell-A-Friend Page

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Second chance Dad

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Clinical Hands

Clinical hands The first hands to touch me were clinical hands, as you laid in twilight sleep, mother drugged against your wishes by a doctor who “knew better” than you did what was good for you and your newborn daughter. Clinical hands passed me to other clinical hands latex against my exposed and innocent skin.Continue reading “Clinical Hands”

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Writing time

I’ve been reading a lot of quotes lately from writers about finding time to write. The consensus seems to be that “real” writers spend time, significant time, every day, working. You can read books, blogs, magazines, and find thousands of distractions but if writing is your life, you devote yourself to it . That meansContinue reading “Writing time”

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Losing battles

Confronting the reality of my son’s condition as fatal is a battle that has taken me to the brink of insanity over and over again. Sometimes the grief is so heavy that I don’t think I can bear it another second. Then Dan will cough or crack one of his jokes that make me howlContinue reading “Losing battles”

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Writer envy

I spend almost no time at all on my writing. I read about writing incessantly, I read in my genre voraciously, and visit my favorite author’s websites obsessively. All time that should be spent – wait for it – WRITING!!! I learned this week that Nora Roberts’ rule for writing is “butt in chair” (orContinue reading “Writer envy”