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Excerpt: The Eyes to See Grace
She was tempted to regret him but she didn’t, at least not yet. She arrived with no expectations so it only seemed right that she leave the same way. But for the time in between the day that they started … Continue reading
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Excerpt: Symphony
“He could hear her but not like anyone else she had known, their ears seemed drawn to specific sounds that played within her orchestra. Some heard the haunting loneliness of her violins, or the fluttering joy of her flutes, or … Continue reading
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Seeds of Change
I wasn’t really looking for a career change, but when a really great opportunity presents itself you have to jump on…tuck your feet and arms in and roll with it. I took a job about 6 weeks ago which is … Continue reading
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Eyes to See Grace, Excerpt II
Grace squatted between the rows of Russian Kale, in time the cooler fall temperatures would transform their green leaves to a deep burnished red foliage. Near each row she pushed a tall spindle into the ground registering the location which … Continue reading
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Talking About My Writing
In the past few months I’ve been introduced to 2 authors, the person who introduced me told them that I was also a fiction writer. On both occassions the author asked what I was working on and I regurgitated an extremely … Continue reading
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A Chance Meeting with Mary Casanova
The following post is from 2007 but here are the details of the 2008 craft fair for those who are landing on this blog because they are looking for information: Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair 09/06 to 09/07 2008 Downtown – Little … Continue reading
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Excerpt of the Day
Marty was a paunchy man with eyeglass lenses so oversized that their only beauty was a false sense of imbued vision. His sallow colored hair was parted disingenuously to the right, so far right that its delineation could also be … Continue reading
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Excerpt of the Day
The rest home held the traditional sterile atmosphere that caused its inhabitants to die of boredom. Residents sat staring at their own shoes slowly drowning in a sea of blank white everything. White sheets, floors, walls and nurses saturated their … Continue reading
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Excerpt of the Day
Since no members of the community were black, there was no need for the local school district to recognize national holiday’s like Martin Luther King’s birthday. Instead they provided students with days off for occasions that truly reflected the identity … Continue reading
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Excerpts of the Day
Her grandmother used to say that relatives shouldn’t die in winter because their just too hard to bury. Every winter she vowed to live and every spring she promised to die, a commitment she renewed even after her lifespan … Continue reading
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