About once a month, I treat myself to a little something I like to call No-Hat Day. No-Hat Day is when I temporarily cast off all the roles I try to fill in my life and do something that is purely me in the moment. For a few hours, I'm neither doting mother nor dutiful… Continue reading blue like don
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dueling the dual
Last night, I finished the second book on my reading list of long-overdue literary classics with The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. So many variations of this story have graced our culture. Aside from numerous adaptations of the novella itself, we have also seen Hyde in The Incredible Hulk, The League of Extraordinary… Continue reading dueling the dual
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observations of a WriMo, week 1
Week 1 of NaNoWriMo concludes today, and while I musn't take too much time away from my word-crunching, I must record some of my initial observations. Enjoy! 1. Word of the week: revealing. I have discovered that NaNoWriMo is not about the novel; it's about the writer. I approached my computer six days ago as a completely… Continue reading observations of a WriMo, week 1
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NaNoWriMo Day 1
1828 words today (on a goal of 1766). Great start! today's: quote: "Not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. Begin anywhere." -Bruce Mau (Never heard of NaNoWriMo? See here!)
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witchy woman
Whether you celebrate it or not, you can probably appreciate that Halloween brings out in our culture an unparalleled ability to face that which scares us most. At no other time will you see people blithely walking into inky darkness, standing up to ghosts and the undead, staging surgeries in sensitive regions, and actively celebrating spiders and bats - sometimes smiling. … Continue reading witchy woman
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oh, the Lord is good to me…
Johnny Appleseed was not his real name, of course. He was born John Chapman, but since that doesn't have nearly as good of a ring to it - and you can't get anywhere as an American icon without a really catchy stage name - his peers assigned him the clever moniker by which we know him today.
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say anything
Any woman who has ever been pregnant knows that the mere act of conception somehow puts a stamp on her forehead - with or without her permission! - allowing absolutely anyone to say absolutely anything about her at absolutely anytime. Here are some real life comments made to pregnant women I know: -Wow, you are… Continue reading say anything
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how to write funny
I am reading today about how to write comedy and I have to wonder: Is that a contradiction? In other words, if I have to read about it, does that automatically indicate that I don't have the gift? Of course, many successful humorists write about it. There are scads of helpful pieces out there about how to write comedy, how… Continue reading how to write funny
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emerging
Why "write naked?" defining naked (from wordnet.princeton.edu): 1. bare: completely unclothed; "naked from the waist up" 2. having no protecting or concealing cover; "naked to mine enemies"- Shakespeare 3. without the aid of an optical or acoustical device or instrument; "visible to the naked eye" 4. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and… Continue reading emerging
Lucinda S. Sutton 