Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Three Views Of An Iris

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Okay, it's true. I'm on an iris kick. But how could I not be when these amazing beauties are blooming all around? Have you ever smel...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

In Praise of Spring

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Sunday, April 08, 2012

Ode to Joy

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On this Easter morning I set out to find one video clip of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" portion of his Ninth Symphony to post on...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Again To Spring, A Columbine

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Again to spring, a columbine raises its pure white face. A reminder that life cycles through the fevered brushes of love, the falling le...
Sunday, April 01, 2012

April Fools Circa 1967

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Enjoy this April Fools Day excerpt from my yet-to-be-published novel, The Sword Swallower's Daughter . This scene is from protagonist Sh...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dr. Frankenstein of Typewriters

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My stepfather was a typewriter repairman when I was growing up. He still is, in fact. The inside of his shop, Montclair Business Machines ...
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Saturday, March 03, 2012

March In Like A Lion

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If it's true that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, then we're in for more roaring weather. Fog descended across ...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

World Read Aloud Day 2012

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LitChat, the discussion community I started on Twitter, is joining thousands of other individuals and organizations throughout the globe ...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Valentine's Day Excerpt from The Sword Swallower's Daughter

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This excerpt from my yet-to-be-published novel, The Sword Swallower's Daughter appeared in the October 2007 edition of Breath & S...
Sunday, February 12, 2012

"Something's Different About Sheila"

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An excerpt from my yet-to-be-published novel, The Sword Swallower's Daughter appears in this week's edition of MetroFiction. In thi...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Travel Tuesday: February 7, 2012

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Twitter's been running a Travel Tuesday (#TravelTuesday) feed for several years now. I thought it would be fun to run a little Travel Tu...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Still Life With Lovers

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Several years ago I wrote a short story for one of the writing contests run by the online writer's group, Backspace . That story, ...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Keyboard Creativity at Weymouth

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Camellia garden at Weymouth. Everything worth value takes time. Time to write, compose, paint, design, prepare, study. Practice . I left...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Night Swim, Don't Miss It

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Today, January 10, is a day I've long waited for. One of my good friends will have her first book published. I've read excerpts of t...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Here's to 2012

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Here's a glimpse of New Year's Eve 1968 through the eyes of my young protagonist, Sheila Pace, in this excerpt from my novel, THE SW...
Monday, December 26, 2011

The Patron Saint of Flexibility

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My daughter knows me so well. My Christmas gift from her this year was a page from an 1883 dictionary with a transparent image of Gumby and...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Happy Holidays 2011: Joy to the World

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

How to Cook a Turkey ~ Happy Thanksgiving

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For your Thanksgiving enjoyment, I'm posting here a section of my novel THE SWORD SWALLOWER'S DAUGHER that has been cut from the fin...
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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

RIP Steve Jobs

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On the Apple.com website October 5, 2011.
Monday, August 15, 2011

Contentment in the Woods

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While lying in the sand and staring at the waves yesterday from the shore of North Carolina's Atlantic Beach, I was swept with nostalg...