Category Archives: Daily Sentence

Who says you have to write a novel? Or even an essay? Sometimes a sentence is plenty.

Sky Lines

Waiting for the bus on a crisp lovely morning, I see a dozen or more lines across the sky, crisscrossed and fluffy-white.  Some are narrow, most, wide with varying edges; undulating cords across the heavens.   Are they all made … Continue reading

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Happy Working Dog

Today I saw a working dog, trained to sniff bad things maybe hidden in trucks, boxes, cargo.  This joyful hound was clearly delighted to be putting its world-famous olfactory brilliance to work.  You’d expect to see a dog straining at … Continue reading

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We’re in the same bed…

…dreaming different dreams. (I did not come up with this Daily Sentence.  I heard it at work today, mentioned in the context of conducting negotiations.  It’s when two sides want the same outcome but differ on the way to get … Continue reading

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City Stew

Buses coursed upstreet and down, shaking out people from many small towns adding flavor and spice to the already bubbling metropolis.

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The Story of The Life Literary’s and the Daily Sentence’s Conception and Birth

August 28, 2009 Today I rushed to the Kennedy Center to get stuck there during a rain.  Black clouds sailed into view.  Lightning flashed.  The storm approached rapidly, but I made it ahead of the rain.  Naughty fellow, rushing away from … Continue reading

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Breaking Soil

I marvel at happy, green broccoli seedlings breaking soil after only three days, but only some of the lettuce is up.  I worry when I don’t see sprouts as soon as I think I should.  Planting seeds stretches my ability to trust … Continue reading

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Pen to paper

The first step: pen to paper.  Even if it’s lousy (because it might not be).  Write it down.  Get started.

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