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The sounds of silence, they echo

My DD and her BF and their dog and cat left early Friday morning to drive back to New Orleans. I miss them horribly. After ten days of noise and commotion, of various people coming and going, cooking and eating, … Continue reading

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Unwelcome reasons for giving thanks

Today, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, I am thankful that my daughter has come home to visit for several days. My daughter is thankful that the nasty intestinal virus didn’t attack while she was still on the airplane yesterday. I’m … Continue reading

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Arts and crafts and other trauma

I’m trying to get back to posting regularly over here, but I’ve been writing and am fresh out of ideas for a blog post this week. Not that I’m going to let a simple thing like that stop me. I … Continue reading

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Flash non-fiction: An Unexpected Guest

Chuck Wendig issued another Flash Fiction challenge last Friday: to write about An Unexpected Guest. I wasn’t planning to participate this time because I’ve been busy writing and also doing a non-fic beta read for a friend. But I kept … Continue reading

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“I’m not dead yet!”

This is just a quick update-y sort of post to let you all know that . . . My daughter survived the 14-hour drive from New Orleans and is safely home. Can’t even tell you how good it is to … Continue reading

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