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Well, it’s been an interesting end of 2021 and a new beginning in a fun year word to say, 2022. The day after Christmas, my life took a left turn. I fell and broke my arm. In my bathroom. Doing nothing other than walking across the floor to grab something. (honestly, I was going too…
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So here we are in the month of December, and tomorrow being the feast of St. Nicholas, I was reminiscing about what this day meant to me growing up. Eastern Europeans and their ancestors celebrate this saint’s feast day in a variety of ways. (I read a newsclip about a parade in the Czech Republic…
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The willpower to keep writing in the face of rejection is an elusive strength. Some days, I’m ready to “jump back on the horse and ride again” after a rejection. Oher days, it feels like I’m ready to give up and invest my free time in another passion. This happened to me last week-end; I…
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We spent a long weekend in Petoskey Michigan and the UP. I had forgotten how big the Mackinac Bridge is. We visited the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie and took a guided tour through them. I have not been to this part of Michigan since I was young. It was as beautiful and peaceful…
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Here is a children’s poem I wrote a few years ago for a contest. I don’t usually write poetry, but this piece was simple and fun to write. Goodbye Autumn Leaves Sunshine peeks through pearly clouds, We run to join the growing crowd. Pumpkins, apples, horse, and cart, Hayride time, can’t wait to start! Horse…
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Monday, 7:30 p.m. The sky is burnished in the west, dark orange sun falling behind gray-blue clouds. The Canadian wildfire smoke is gone (for now) and the trees are not yet hinting at the end of summer. We have had plenty of rain these past three months, so much so that the strip of shadeless…
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(As posted by Julie Hedlund at the end of the 2022 12 Days of Christmas for Writers) Writing is bizarre. Being a writer even more so. Today I took a printed copy of a manuscript on my walk, found a spot by the creek, and wrote and revised right on the paper. If this manuscript…
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Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made come from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the previous year. Instead, she suggests we…
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Children’s author Julie Hedlund, challenged participants of her 12 Days of Christmas for Writers series to post SUCCESSES (rather than resolutions) on our blogs this year. She believes the way New Year’s resolutions are traditionally made come from a place of negativity – what DIDN’T get done or achieved in the previous year. Instead, she suggests we set goals for the New Year…
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