A Sense of Place

I am a big believer that books can mostly be written in the space of time stolen here and there from a busy life of parenting, working, running around like a crazy chicken. Twenty minutes on a Tuesday night…four hours on Saturday…two and half on Sunday. We can train ourselves to make good, creative use [...]

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Saddest Day Haiku

Saddest Day Haiku. That’s what my friend, Karen, called the perfect little poem that she sent me in honor of my dog. Here’s her haiku below. It makes me happy and sad, and, like all of my favorite haiku, it makes a picture in my mind and on my heart.
Patient brown eyes
Shining now beyond the [...]

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Honest Scrap Award

Honest Scrap Rules
# Recognize your award presenter and link back to their blog in your post.
# List 10 honest things about yourself.
# Present this award to 10 admirable bloggers who have moved you, and link to their blogs.
# Notify recipients they have been awarded, so they can retrieve it.
A favorite blog of mine – Wendy’s [...]

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