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.

A Little Madness

Posted on April 25, 2011 by literarylee

Emily Dickinson A little madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King, But God be with the Clown — Who ponders this tremendous scene — This whole Experiment of Green — As if it were his own!

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One More Example (for now) of the Literary Coinciding with Devotion

Posted on April 24, 2011 by literarylee

Here is another example of the literary coinciding with spirituality: Come, let us drink, not miraculous water drawn forth from a barren stone, but a new vintage from the fount of incorruption, springing from the tomb of Christ.  In Him … Continue reading →

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Garden Naming Post Script (The Lorelei)

Posted on April 24, 2011 by literarylee

April 2011 In September, 2009, after a season of gardening in Smith and Jones, we moved to a new apartment, a ground-level one bedroom affair with a door directly leading outside.  The apartment managers said I could plant anything I … Continue reading →

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More Devotion and Literary Coinciding

Posted on April 23, 2011 by literarylee

Here is another portion of a hymn, sung in the Orthodox Church in a Holy Saturday (between Good Friday and Easter) service.  More good writing, the use of juxtaposition and imagery, to drive home a point. Today a tomb holds … Continue reading →

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I Declare the Garden Produce Eating Season Officially Underway

Posted on April 23, 2011 by literarylee

April 22, 2011 We’ve been eating red leaf lettuce and spinach I planted in the Lorelei for several weeks now, yet I didn’t feel like we were really eating produce from the garden.  Is that odd?  I think I was … Continue reading →

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Literary Events

Posted on April 23, 2011 by literarylee

In my experience, a literary event or party surprises everyone who attends.  Who expects a meal where people read poems or sing songs to be anything great?  What amazes me, and what I enjoy watching, is how the guests at … Continue reading →

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When Devotion and Literary Coincide

Posted on April 22, 2011 by literarylee

Here’s a snippet from a hymn sung in the Orthodox Church on Holy Friday (Good Friday).  It’s good writing.  The devotional and the literary can happen at the same time.  Besides the meaning of the words, I also appreciate the … Continue reading →

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Bombay Letter 6 – addendum

Posted on April 22, 2011 by literarylee

(Written in early April, 1998.  I added this paragraph to the longer letter Anita wrote.) Gary here. Here’s a cute story.  One of our wedding gifts in July of 1981 was a subscription to National Geographic.  We have been receiving … Continue reading →

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My Gardens’ Names

Posted on April 21, 2011 by literarylee

Naming the Gardens,  March 2010 It struck me, the day I went to the gardens for the first time this season, that they need names.  Last year we called them The Big Garden and The Little Garden.  That’s sort of … Continue reading →

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Why all this talk of gardens and weddings and life in far-flung places?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by literarylee

A brief word concerning writing about the stuff of life. The Life Literary’s goal is to be a cafeteria of ideas for living literarily, which is living in a way that celebrates and enjoys words.  These ideas, thoroughly chopped, mixed, … Continue reading →

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