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Monthly Archives: June 2011
The little things
When I’m in a writing slump, the littlest thing can make me doubt myself. After a week of moving words around on the screen to little avail, or – more recently – a week of not opening a single writing … Continue reading
Listening Anew
In found pockets of spare time – the five minutes before needing to leave to make an appointment; the fifteen minutes between emails – I’ve been updating my list of books on this blog. I’m not sure too many readers … Continue reading
Posted in faith, prayer, reading, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged " good ambiguity, "Because the Night, Austerlitz, Electric Ladlyland, gentle revolutionary, Godmother of Punk, Golden Gate Park, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Just Kids, Lindsey Crittenden, Marie Antoinette, New York City, Patti Smith, People, Ploughshares, Ramones, Ruth Rendell, Sam Shepard, Sea Ranch, St Andrews, St Francis of Assisi, The Water Will Hold You, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
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Sit for a While
I came home from my writing group feeling jazzed. After struggling with a story revision, I’d decided to show the group twenty-five pages of new nonfiction. They loved it and told me, “This is what you should be writing.” Questions, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Lucky Thirteen?
I just came home from an eight-grade graduation, that of the oldest daughter of one of my best friends. Caroline is a poised thirteen-year-old, funny and wry and down-to-earth, studious and good-humored. She presents light years away from how I … Continue reading
Posted in spirituality, writing
Tagged adolescence, Carol Gilligan, discliples, eighth grade, Gunne Sax dress, Jesus, John 15:7-17, Lindsey Crittenden, Mary Pipher, writer's block
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