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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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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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It’s December 20th. The grass is still green, the leaves have been carted away by the city, and there is little to no chance of a white Christmas in Toledo. In five days, we will celebrate Christmas in my house as we always do, coming home from Mass late on Christmas Eve, sleeping in on
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Here is my entry into Susanna Leonard Hill’s fabulous contest: Go Green for Christmas “Due Monday- Go Green for Christmas contest entries,” said Mrs. Denton. “First place is fifty-dollars. Recycled materials only.” “Fifty bucks?” Jake shouted. “I’ll take it!” Everyone laughed. “Psst! Sam!” Jake whispered. He held a note. “Not
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