Living fully? Or living materially?
I’ve just returned from a relaxing trip to Florida, where my family and I stayed with my sister and brother-in-law for a week. They live in Orlando, and we were never a few hours away from any of our destinations (most of them were mere minutes away from their home). We spent a day at [...]
Immortal Footprints
Hi, folks. I’ve posted a new story of mine on a separate page of my blog. You can access it here. It’s called “Immortal Footprints,” and it’s a unique piece because the writing spans a 20-year period. The fresh piece is the revised version that follows the original. I encourage you to get through the [...]
What I’m supposed to be doing
I just spent the last few hours reading over my first official “daybook,” penned twenty years ago, exactly. The pages are filled with dreams, good intentions, philosophy, devotions to God. In other words, they’re penned with the same dreams, good intentions, philosophies, and devotions that I have written in my latest daybook, twenty years later, [...]
my99 Challenge Winner!
Direct from Judge Carla, editor of Maryland Voices: ….the sister. ….the cousin. …the daughter. …the director. …the hero. …the student. …the non-believer. …the friend. …the southern girl. …the viewer. …the listener. (what an appropriate way to end the list) …the girl who knew she had this contest in the bag. Catherine B., congratulations! I thought [...]
My 99: Part Three (final installment!)
My Life Playlist, Part Three (Please scroll down to see Parts One and Two) This is the final installment for my list. Thanks all for playing! Carla will be reviewing your stories over the weekend, and we’ll post the winner on Monday! Dancin’ In The Streets: The Reflex (Dance Mix), Duran Duran and Straight Up [...]
My 99: Part Two
My Life Playlist, Part Two (please scroll down to see Part One): Wicked, Dude; Wicked Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan (These two junior-senior years in high school, 1981-1983, were wicked wonderful. I met a guy named Kurt through our theater program. Every third word was “Wicked,” followed almost always by a chuckle or some [...]
my99: Part One
Introduction to my life playlist: Selecting the songs that define my life was much harder to do than I could have ever imagined. I decided to limit my choices to the songs on my iPod (about 10,000), and I was thrilled when my first round of choices narrowed the list to 353. From that playlist, [...]
my99….or is it my353???
Yikes! Never realized how tough (and fun!) this is to select those top 99! And how to arrange them! By year? Subject or theme? Emotion? Oh, dear. I may very well be posting my 99 on Friday as one big batch. Or my353…..!!!! Hope you are all having as much fun as I am…Be sure [...]
authentic living, authentic writing
If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber’d here While these visions did appear. I’ve been having some rather candid conversations with fellow writers in Towson and around town about the importance of authentic writing. Repeatedly, the same troubling concern rises to the primary focus of [...]
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