Archives in Category: Essays

Potpourri: works of a longer nature.

Spectacled Bear Debuts Soon

Posted on May 10, 2016

Wondering what this stylized bear is all about? And why the glasses?

It’s to announce a new independent publishing company, Spectacled Bear Publishing, that debuts this summer with its first book, Philip & Phoebe.

There is

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April means tips, tasks and to-do lists

Posted on April 5, 2016

Today’s magazines are heavy on To-Do Lists and light on actual articles that use paragraph construction where one idea follows another and is connected to it. For fun, I’m offering both approaches to this issue of my newsletter.

Ten Things

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Alumnae Tea

Posted on April 4, 2016

When the ivory-colored invitation arrived in early April, there was no hesitation. Ellen filled out the RSVP that same night. By week’s end, she had contacted her travel agent to book a round trip flight to Memphis. While the agent

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Frenzy, chaos know no boundaries in March

Posted on March 1, 2016

I’m not sure why, but madness seems to be an overriding theme for March.

For political junkies, there is Super Tuesday on March 1, where presidential candidates can mathematically rack up enough delegate votes to their respective conventions

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February short on days, long on activities

Posted on February 2, 2016

February is known for Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day. Perhaps this is the month’s way of fending off an inferiority complex for being a couple days shorter than every other month in the year.

As for me, I’m

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Farewell 2015 / Welcome 2016

Posted on January 7, 2016

Farewell 2015 – Charles Dickens said it first about the year 1775: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of  times …” Since then others have used that famous line for their own purposes. Now I’m taking

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Resolution

Posted on September 28, 2014

I told myself, “There’s nothing more to write.”  I reminded myself, “You’ve said all you have to say.” And I admonished myself when I thought otherwise. Still, driving home from the third annual grade school reunion last Sunday, I wondered. 

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Writer’s Block, 2001

Posted on May 31, 2014

The dog-eared paperback caught my eye. It lay on the shelf at shoulder height, so that I couldn’t miss it, as I searched for something else on my jam-packed bookcase. Seeing her book, Writing Down the Bones, made me realize

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Second Time Around

Posted on May 12, 2013

Three weeks ago I returned from the second annual St. Louis Cathedral Grade School reunion. Given that I graduated in 1957, it was quite a feat to have a reunion at all. I’m sure there are some who went all

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Grade School Reunion

Posted on April 22, 2013

“Where are you going?” the shuttle driver asked as he drove me from the economy parking lot to Chicago’s Midway Airport.

“St. Louis,” was my two word answer.  I’m not prone to chatting with strangers.

“Business or pleasure?”

“Pleasure.” I

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