Category Archives: The Life Literary

The Joy of Pen (or The Sensual Pen)*

Posted on July 7, 2011 by literarylee

(Some thoughts on the occasion of retiring a full journal and starting a new one) My pen’s heft comforts me.  Its smooth sleekness sends shivers of delight up and down my spine.  I caress it gently, lovingly, enjoying the feel … Continue reading →

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Dangling My Feet in the River on a Breezy Late Spring Day

Posted on June 16, 2011 by literarylee

For most of my life I had no idea I was an artist.  I’ve loved words since I was young, but I certainly hadn’t seen them as a medium for my own artistic expression.  Similarly, for most of my life I thought … Continue reading →

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Take a Spoonful of Memorizing Poetry and Call Me in the Morning

Posted on June 10, 2011 by literarylee

Yesterday morning, the steamy start to an unseasonably hot, sultry June day, it looked like I’d be late to work.   I had just missed a bus that would have gotten me there fashionably late, so I had to take a … Continue reading →

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The Ideas (Adding Words to Life)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by literarylee

See the tab just under the header called, “The Ideas: Adding Words to Life“?  It leads to a page full of links to suggestions I’m collecting for how to live a little more literarily.  One of the two missions of … Continue reading →

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Tabs/Pages (The Blog’s Guideposts)

Posted on May 24, 2011 by literarylee

These are across the top of the page, directly beneath the header.  The tabs are guideposts for this blog: they point the way to the various content.  You could also think of them as a high tower.  Climb up (click … Continue reading →

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Not Idle At All

Posted on May 20, 2011 by literarylee

All these years I thought my mind wandered a lot, idle thoughts knocking around in my noggin like careening, caroming pinballs.  I had always thought it was a negative thing, as if I had some problem focusing on thoughts that really … Continue reading →

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Captions. Twitter. Brevity.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by literarylee

The Life Literary’s mission, my mission, is to give people ideas for how to add words to life.  Here’s one: Write snippets.  Don’t aim for a book.  Don’t shoot for an essay.  Forget paragraphs.  Avoid even simple sentences if that … Continue reading →

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The Life Literary Mission Statement

Posted on March 14, 2011 by literarylee

Visitors to The Life Literary are in for some fun.  TLL readers will have the chance to enjoy words and be ennobled by all things literary.  From essays to word plays, poetry to puns, literary events, daily sentences, narratives, and … Continue reading →

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Looking for Lines

Posted on March 10, 2011 by literarylee

Doggone it, I’m a word guy, not a graphic artist.  But give some poor writer a blog, and all of a sudden he’s looking for lines. Actually, what I’m looking for are attractive header shots.  Though the verbiage is the … Continue reading →

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