Thoughts and Tips

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It's in the whirlwind that word-weaving shines brightest. It's when I'm writhing that writing is a type of cure. And it's when things are harried that the hush of creating…

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Calling

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He got my number off of a list in the library. The school used our home phone digits as our ID's back then, and someone had left the list out.…

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I Remember

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Daddy always put dill on his avocados.  Dill and vinegar. And he'd mix them around in a ceramic bowl and stick them with a silver fork and then offer me some.…

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Camps

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I used to think that everything and everyone could be neatly nestled into the black and white. For decades I was of the thinking that all things could be divided…

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Overflow

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Our neighbor's zucchini plant has crossed the wooden border. It has grown and flourished high and free and sprawling, and is now ivy-ing atop our flowering bush. My boys have…

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