Author Archives: literarylee

About literarylee

I sling words for a living. Always have, always will. Some have been interesting and fun; most not. These days, I write the fun words early in the morning before the adults are up and make me eat my Cream of Wheat.

Tomato Friends, Farewell!

Posted on October 11, 2011 by literarylee

I bid a fond farewell to one of the smash hits of the garden this season, the now nearly bare tomato vines.  The fun (maybe the best word to describe my tomato year) began last Christmas when I received the … Continue reading →

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October 7: Okra, Green Beans and a Sweet Pepper

Posted on October 10, 2011 by literarylee

Maybe it’s no big deal, but I want to note how late I keep harvesting garden produce I planted this summer.  The other evening for supper we enjoyed a sweet pepper, garlic, onion, green bean, butternut squash stir fry over … Continue reading →

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Permission to Fail, Create, Believe

Posted on October 9, 2011 by literarylee

I am coming to think that part of living is giving yourself permission to do certain things. I am learning the importance of giving myself permission to fail.  This culture, our society, maybe people in general want to get it … Continue reading →

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Among the Liberators: Bolivar the Great

Posted on October 8, 2011 by literarylee

(The previous portion of this series: The House of the Americas) Listen: I’m not your mother.  Really, I’m not.  I think you know that already.  And honestly, I don’t want to be.  Not in the least.  I only say this because I’ve … Continue reading →

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Apples, Candy Corn and Pretzels

Posted on October 7, 2011 by literarylee

Once upon a time for about five years, in another life I sometimes hardly believe I lived, my office was a car, and my place of work, a couple thousand square miles of Appalachia in portions of West Virginia, Maryland, … Continue reading →

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Fall Display

Posted on October 6, 2011 by literarylee

I think I’ll blame my mother. O.K., maybe not blame.  How about attribute or credit?  Or thank.  Every October, I like making a little arrangement of autumn items I call my fall display.  I do it partly because I love … Continue reading →

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Hark! Hark! Commuter Song

Posted on October 5, 2011 by literarylee

Hark!  Listen!  Do you hear it?  Commuter song rings through the bus.  I hear the sweet-cynical laughing chitter-chatter of jovial workers traveling to the Federal mines, endless warrens of office after office after office, sunless caves they burrow into day after … Continue reading →

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Duck 19

Posted on October 5, 2011 by literarylee

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 4, 2011 by literarylee

I’m going to write a novel.  I promise not to say: “What a novel idea.” A few days ago, friends told me about an organization that sponsors National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short.  I suggest you browse their website … Continue reading →

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Saturday Night After Rosh Hashanah

Posted on October 1, 2011 by literarylee

October 2004 Hello from Jerusalem, My daughter called it outrageous.  I felt a little intimidated.  We  were both amazed and delighted by what we had, serendipitously, seen on the Saturday night after Rosh Hashanah at the end of Sabbath. We … Continue reading →

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