Last night a friend and I went to the Holiday Tractor Parade down in Greenwich, New York. It turned out to be a lot cooler and more fun than even I thought it sounded like at first, …
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What the Tractors Taught Me: Lessons in the Rain
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The Power of Asking Questions
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptian writer who won the Nobel …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: can’t come in
Yesterday this poem came to me. I was feeling closed off and wanted to be away from the world. I get like that sometimes. But I wrote a post here in the morning, and after …
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Sister on the Page
This morning I am feeling very quiet. The energy of the day feels heavy, hard and I think I would rather hide myself away. Go back to sleep, wake up in a happier place. There is …
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A Woolf at the door
“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens it’s wings on the stake. Let me sit here forever with bare …
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: Low fallen sky
This morning the first snow showed up here. It wasn’t much to speak of, just a few dusty showers. The poem below came out of it, unpolished once again. But I’m beginning to like them that …
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THROUGH MY LENS: Incognito
I love finding walking sticks. They are masters of camouflage so I’m always pretty impressed with myself when I manage to see one. This guy wasn’t too hard to spot, however. I’m not sure why …
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THROUGH MY LENS: The Old Birch
At the back of the yard this big birch tree stands alone. It’s very messy, shedding branches large and small all the time. It’s rotting, dying unfortunately, from some disease or what may have been …
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Revisiting “The Artist’s Way”
Discovering the book The Artist’s Way can be life-changing. It outlines a basic 12-step program to uncover blocks and help free creativity. There is a spiritual although not religious connotation to the book, which might bother some people …
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A Writer’s Gift
Some of you who read my blog may notice I have started posting a lot more this week. Over the weekend I attended a blogging workshop held by Jon Katz and Maria Wulf down at …
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