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Author Archives: literarylee
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
Posted in From The Bride's Father's Notebook
Tagged Life, Marriage, narratives, Weddings
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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.)
Posted in Devotion, Poems Memorized
Tagged Burns, Burns Supper, Literary Events, prayers
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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Posted in Whitecaps on the Potomac
Tagged Alexandria, moon, narratives, Potomac, vulnerable
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