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Aug 22

Aug 22 A Return to Haiku

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“The returns are many and never monetary.”

Jun 11

Jun 11 Just Add Hot Water...

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The other day Dad asked if we could have a cup of tea. I realized that even our 3:00 tea sessions had become irregular. “I guess now that you have the book, we won’t have tea?” he teased.

Mar 3

Mar 3 Prompts: Don't Give Up on February

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That week Mother Nature seemed to have tossed her testy toddler, February, out to let spring in early, but back it came.

Feb 25

Feb 25 Prompts: Lean Into the Fog

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I look for prompts. Then find seventeen syllables to describe what I see or what I’m feeling.

Feb 24

The impeachment managers did such a wonderful job. They presented the evidence. They were articulate. They were intelligent. They gave us words that will live in our hearts, minds, and history. They were humans like us. Not just talking heads in suits. Not ventriloquist dummies spouting political party rhetoric.

Jan 28

Jan 28 Prompts: Control

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Jan 26

Jan 26 Self-study MFA

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“My book is my diploma and that last item for my resume/vitae.”

Jan 2

Jan 2 That Grand Thing

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Dec 29

Dec 29 Tell Her to Make Me Some Cambric Tea

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Dec 22

Dec 22 Christmas Past, Present, and Future

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This year will be very different. No children, no grandchildren, no trip to New Jersey. Still, I am grateful.

Dec 17

Dec 17 Prompts: How to, If You Want to

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If you are having a hard time coming up with an idea to kickstart your hand's movement across the page or your keyboard, check out this section of the blog.

Dec 15

Dec 15 Fog, Sand, and Water

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Dec 12

Dec 12 Start with Seventeen Syllables. End with a Book.

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After many attempts at resuscitating my muse, I found inspiration by accident.

Nov 19

Nov 19 Riverhead of Words

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By the time it became necessary to move into my father’s home, the words I’d internalized had formed a huge wall between my thoughts and feelings—like a clogged drain—a mass that backed up in me, almost choking me.

Nov 9

Nov 9 The Ocean Cures Everything

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Oct 27

Oct 27 A Sense of Unity: Vote for It

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“If you follow me here, you know that we’re just going to cancel each other’s vote. So, what is the point of getting off our arses to stand in the drizzle with our masks on?”

Oct 20

Oct 20 Pilgrimage

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I’m Nancie and I wrote this book…

Aug 22 A Return to Haiku

Jun 11 Just Add Hot Water...

Mar 3 Prompts: Don't Give Up on February

Feb 25 Prompts: Lean Into the Fog

Feb 24 Spring is Coming

Jan 28 Prompts: Control

Jan 26 Self-study MFA

Jan 2 That Grand Thing

Dec 29 Tell Her to Make Me Some Cambric Tea

Dec 22 Christmas Past, Present, and Future

Dec 17 Prompts: How to, If You Want to

Dec 15 Fog, Sand, and Water

Dec 12 Start with Seventeen Syllables. End with a Book.

Nov 19 Riverhead of Words

Nov 9 The Ocean Cures Everything

Oct 27 A Sense of Unity: Vote for It

Oct 20 Pilgrimage