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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.

I Left my Heart in Seoul

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Introduction

Over the next two months, mixed in with poems and events, essays, letters, observations, I’m going to publish in The Life Literary a journal I kept for 15 days a little over a year ago.  At the time, I wanted to set … Continue reading

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The Selkirk Grace

By Robert Burns Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. (This is the prayer traditionally prayed at Burns Suppers.)

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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Burns

It’s January!  Let’s see what’s on my to-do list: Read a Robert Burns biography – check; Order the haggis – check Put together the Immortal Memory speech – check Send out the invitations to Burns supper – check Practice the … Continue reading

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Redemption: Start in the Corner

My daughter, a married college sophomore, wrote an email a while back.  She felt overwhelmed with all the work she had to do, and discouraged that she wasn’t doing it as well as she could or should.  She was even … Continue reading

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Too Lovely to Light

Even with little bits like a photo caption or brief email I like to make verbiage sing.  Note the homophones and alliteration: almost a wee poem.

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Holiday Work, Part 2: New Year’s Eve

So ironic!  I was going to write this on New Year’s Eve, but I was busy from 9 to 9, driving the hour to West Lafayette to spend the day helping our daughter and her husband set up their home. … Continue reading

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Public Proofreading

Amazing to read what I thought were carefully drafted essays “published” online, to see how much editing they still need.  Maybe good re-writing requires reading text in another context, like from screen to hard copy or blog composing box to … Continue reading

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Christmas Work

Most people take a few weeks to get ready for Christmas.  We had one day, a hazard of living in two places.  At 51 though not all that old yet (I keep telling myself), I still have energy (most of … Continue reading

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Lunar Eclipse/ Vulnerable Man

December 20, 2010 5:25 p.m. – The brilliant full moon rises before me, its perfectly full orb not far above the horizon above Washington, the alabaster city where I work.  From somewhere deep inside I feel the impulse to sing … Continue reading

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