Category Archives: Living Literarily

The reason we’re all here today; foundational perspectives on living literarily.

A Spectator Riding Into the City

Posted on November 8, 2012 by literarylee

I’m on a bus to the Metro which will take me to into town so I can visit the Historical Society of Washington.  Been a month and a half since I’ve been on a bus and it sure feels good, … Continue reading →

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One Month – 21 Sentences

Posted on February 2, 2012 by literarylee

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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Words Feed the Quiet

Posted on January 5, 2012 by literarylee

The article “The Joy of Quiet,” published recently in the New York Times, expresses at least a part of why I write, why I promote an active and thoughtful involvement with words, and why I collect ideas for how anybody can incorporate words into life.  … Continue reading →

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Words For The Fun Of It in 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by literarylee

Been making plans for me and words for this new year.  Looking forward to another word-esque, word-filled, wordified 12 months.  I’m writing these down in this public place to give them more oomph.  It’s why I’m trying to make them … Continue reading →

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Maybe Literary Isn’t Quite the Word I’m Looking For

Posted on December 30, 2011 by literarylee

I’ve been thinking about this blog lately and am wondering if I named it usefully.  Sure, it’s a sweet piece of alliteration, The Life Literary.  It’s also convoluted or backwards in a slightly poetic way.  You would expect to find the adjective before … Continue reading →

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Three Things (plus 1) I Read Every Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2011 by literarylee

Every year around Christmas I read at least three things, each year revisiting works that are among my favorites. A Christmas Carol – This isn’t a novel but just a longish story.   I only say this to encourage everyone … Continue reading →

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Do You Talk to Yourself? Write it Down!

Posted on December 15, 2011 by literarylee

Do you talk to yourself?  Write it down.  Carry a small notebook with you wherever you go so you can be your own secretary, taking down the notes, the words, the ideas you are speaking in your own mind.  Sitting … Continue reading →

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How to Make Biscuits

Posted on December 13, 2011 by literarylee

We weren’t able to share Thanksgiving with my parents and other relatives in my childhood hometown this year.  If we had, my wife and I probably would have hosted the event.  I would have made the biscuits.  As it turned out, … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary to The Life Literary

Posted on December 9, 2011 by literarylee

I wrote the first very humble, very simple post for this blog one year ago today.  Ah yes, friends, I remember that moment well.  There I stood (I stand to write) in my darkened home office, the monitor lighting my … Continue reading →

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They liked it, they really liked it…

Posted on October 29, 2011 by literarylee

(I sent an email to my family and while writing it asked myself, as I do with most anything I write these days, should I publish this on The Life Literary?  I obviously decided I would.  My entire goal with … Continue reading →

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