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Category Archives: Writing
Habits: Another Postcard from Chicago
Habits and coffee: I need both. Though the latter refreshes for the moment, the former contributes to a happy life. How difficult the discipline to form habits, maybe especially living out of a hotel room. I’m wanting to set up … Continue reading
Expressing Their Viewpoint in a Literary Way
I’m jotting this down with about an hour left of Sunday. I started today in New York City, the Borough of Brooklyn to be exact, and to save money and for whatever other high-minded reason, I didn’t buy a Sunday … Continue reading
Postcard From 6,000 Feet
How did I end up more than halfway up 11,000 foot Mount Hood? Nearly two weeks ago we toured Portland, an urban jewel set in a mossed-tree temperate rain forest. Then, a drive south along the Oregon Coast oohing and aahing at dramatic … Continue reading
Another Postcard: Donuts in Portland
We ate donuts our last day in Portland at a famous shop called Voodoo Donuts. Their tasty products, cake and yeast goodies unusually and richly colored and flavored, labor under thick swaths of icing encrusted with colorful sweet cereals, mini candies and treats. … Continue reading
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Postcard From Court
We developed a new style of trip: a court vacation. Spectated all day yesterday at this town’s superior court. Enjoyed our ring-side seat to this constitutional democracy’s rule of law practiced by the judge, lawyers, correctional professionals. We watched with … Continue reading
Another Postcard: More From the Oregon Coast
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Postcard from the Oregon Coast
We found a lovely hotel built right along the beach. We look out from our room to see a full frontal view of the Pacific. We watch storms blow in and then away, blue skies and water to gray and … Continue reading
I aspire to this
Here’s another sweetly written essay by Verlyn Klinkenborg, published in last Sunday’s New York Times. I want to live life doing what he does: “…write and read and do chores and whatever I can to stem the tide.” Mouse House … Continue reading
One Month – 21 Sentences
This idea is a winner. After one month of keeping a calendar journal, I have collected 21 sentences describing events, ideas and memories from over the last 31 days. Though only one month has passed, I’m surprised to discover I … Continue reading
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Reason 23 for Writing Regularly in a Journal or Notebook
Reason 23 for writing in a journal: It’s a good outlet for the drivelisdom* (pronounced: drih-vuhl-IZ-dum) slushing around in your head. Also, you can go back to it later and say, “Gosh what drivel,” or “Gosh, how wise.” Here’s a … Continue reading