Tag Archives: Living Literarily

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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Literary Events

Posted on April 23, 2011 by literarylee

In my experience, a literary event or party surprises everyone who attends.  Who expects a meal where people read poems or sing songs to be anything great?  What amazes me, and what I enjoy watching, is how the guests at … Continue reading →

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Why all this talk of gardens and weddings and life in far-flung places?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by literarylee

A brief word concerning writing about the stuff of life. The Life Literary’s goal is to be a cafeteria of ideas for living literarily, which is living in a way that celebrates and enjoys words.  These ideas, thoroughly chopped, mixed, … Continue reading →

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The Idea River

Posted on March 30, 2011 by literarylee

Ideas strike.  Ideas infiltrate.  Ideas emerge. They also flow. Sometimes an idea flows into my brain, entering my awareness like a sweetly meandering river.  I admire the idea for a bit and think, “Wow, that’s great.  I’ll never forget it.”  … Continue reading →

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A Good Time Was Had By All

Posted on February 19, 2011 by literarylee

Here’s a note we got from my wife’s cousin and her husband.  They conducted their first annual Burns Supper last weekend. Well, Gary and Anita, we did it. We had our Burns Supper this evening and it was fantastic. Everyone … Continue reading →

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Retiring a Family Journal

Posted on February 14, 2011 by literarylee

I’ve reached the end of my current family journal.  I started it in August, 2010 and finished it in February, 2011.  Its dog-eared pages are full of things I’ve jotted down, real ink on real paper, over the last several … Continue reading →

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My Life’s Warp and Woof

Posted on February 13, 2011 by literarylee

I have an energy and optimism I haven’t had in a very long time.  I’ve both gained and re-gained something: renewed verve, an opened eye, a loosened tongue.  I trust my view and my voice.  I am bringing many threads, old and … Continue reading →

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A Daily Sentence

Posted on February 3, 2011 by literarylee

My decision to write one sentence a day got me writing again.  There was more to it than that, but breaking down the large (or at least, to me large-seeming) task of Regular Writing into very small pieces was an … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Letter Introduction

Posted on January 31, 2011 by literarylee

My work (and my wife’s) took us to Jerusalem where we lived for three years from 2004 to 2007.  My first couple years there I wrote emails, essays really, to family and friends about life in Jerusalem.  I wrote about … Continue reading →

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How to Use The Life Literary

Posted on January 27, 2011 by literarylee

In this blog I discuss and model ways to shake a dash of literary on your life.  (Or serve yourself a thick slab, if you’d like).  I call it living literarily.  There are a couple of ways to use and enjoy The Life Literary. 1.  You … Continue reading →

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