Category Archives: Letters

Correspondence, an ancient and honorable way to live literarily.

Suicide Bomb

Posted on October 7, 2022 by literarylee

(One project I am working on is editing and compiling 40-45 letters and partial letters, nearly 45,000 words worth, I wrote while living and working in Jerusalem 18 years ago. I edited and posted 16 of the letters to this … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – A Sense of Things At This Moment

Posted on March 2, 2014 by literarylee

So here I sit, again, on the veranda*.  It’s seven twenty p.m., Saturday March 1 on my antipodean side of the world though for you now in the Northern Hemispheric Seattle, slumbering peacefully I expect, it’s only been March 1 … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Faulty Messages to Myself

Posted on February 27, 2014 by literarylee

Dear Neets, Here I sit on the back porch, absorbing Gorgonzola on crackers and sipping a Between the Sheets.  I have switched on the (in Australian English: fairy) lights that make our back porch here in suburban Canberra seem almost … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Candles

Posted on February 18, 2014 by literarylee

Probably shouldn’t start a letter this way but I have a confession to make. Actually, it’s quite a small one. I don’t need to tell you how lately we’ve been making adjustments to our eating and living to try to … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Not THAT Far

Posted on February 17, 2014 by literarylee

My Dear Neets, Look at this!  My fingers found their way to my Mac’s keyboard, typed the right codes and passwords, and voila, my good ole blog. I’ve told you this venue is more my portfolio. Why letters to you … Continue reading →

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March 4, 2010 Letter to my Family

Posted on March 4, 2011 by literarylee

Happy March 4th! Once again, the day especially made for bold and decisive action is here.  I want to wish each of you a happy March 4th, and hope you take the opportunity to march forth in whatever decision or … Continue reading →

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