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Conflicts

I missed last week because I was away on vacation. No, I don't announce it on social media or send pics from places I visit while I'm gone.  Just don't, because I don't want to advertise when I'm away and my house is watched by neighbors and my alarm company. I had a...
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In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King

The following poem is one I run every year at this time. I usually read it at events honoring Dr. King, but I had to turn down invitations this year to go on vacation with my husband. With apologies to those who might find this too political. STONE OF HOPE, 2011...
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Some Cliches Are True

It is said that when a writer dies, an entire library dies with her. It may be a cliche, but it is true. Take away a unique voice, and you lose all future books. Stories never told are lost forever. So when my dear friend, Sally Roseveare, lost her brief but intense...
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Don’t Swing at a Pitch in the Dirt

This blog spawns from a series of discussions I had over the past few months with newbie writers. None had published anything; all had grand dreams of hitting that ball out of the park, a home run the first time out. I can belabor the baseball metaphor endlessly, but...
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