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Break
I’ve decided to take a break from blogging, because it’s felt like a chore lately. And since I’m of the age where one can pick and chose how to spend one’s time, I’m exercising that option. Someday my interest in
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Writing Advice
I recently saw something on Facebook that, as a writer, intrigued me. It was a statement that read: “Write drunk, edit sober.”
Basically, it means write with wild abandon but edit with surgical precision. It made me wonder what other
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One Sentence, One Song
It’s a scientific fact that time accelerates as people age. And over the past fifteen months, my life sped by so fast that two of the pleasures I enjoy most – thoughtful writing and heartfelt piano playing — literally fell
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Word of the Year
In November, Dictionary.com announced that its word of the year was ‘complicit.’ Other words in the running included ‘intersex,’ ‘horologist,’ and ‘totality.’ And, of course, there was ‘fake news.’
These words aren’t part of my everyday world, but there are
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The Age of Hyperbole
You’ve GOT to read this! Watch this to the end and you’ll cry! The best invention EVER!
These are teasers that have come across my radar lately. They’re everywhere.
The BEST improvement in history! Redbox on crack! (I didn’t
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Executive Decision
I’m the executive in this headline, and I’m making a decision..
I’ve blogged on and off – but mostly on – since 2004. Back then, my goal was to write every day as a way of keeping my skills
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The NYT
Several weeks ago I received an offer I couldn’t resist. It was to have the Sunday New York Times delivered to my door for twenty percent less than it costs me to purchase at a newsstand. When the per
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Spelling 101
So . . . what do the words ‘rapporteur,’ ‘vicissitude,’ and ‘tantamount’ have in common?
Nothing really, except they have all been the Word of the Day in the past week. It’s something I subscribe to online to enrich my
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Richard Russo
The Olympic Games are over. One recent political cartoon expressed my sentiments about that: It said, “For two weeks we saw the best of the best. For the next two months we have the worst of the worst.” And this
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Last Stop on Market Street
Tonight my book club meets to discuss Last Stop on Market Street. It sounds as if it’s a murder mystery or possibly a case of amnesia. Maybe it’s about time travel or a farmer’s market.
But I’m hosting the discussion,
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