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A Weighty Presence I Cherish

Posted on October 17, 2011 by literarylee

I read this in a Wall Street Journal article a few weeks ago: President Barack Obama sent trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress on Monday, capping months of tense negotiations and setting the stage for a heated … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 4, 2011 by literarylee

I’m going to write a novel.  I promise not to say: “What a novel idea.” A few days ago, friends told me about an organization that sponsors National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short.  I suggest you browse their website … Continue reading →

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Still Going Strong

Posted on September 27, 2011 by literarylee

September 27, 2011 Picked a dozen or so okra, a creamy yellow sweet pepper, a mess of green beans and two cucumbers today near the end of September.  The Lorelei continues to produce, continues to pump out the produce and … Continue reading →

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First Day of Autumn: Another Full Journal in the Compost

Posted on September 21, 2011 by literarylee

Like a colorful, drying leaf that’s served its great purpose, absorbing sunlight and creating nourishing energy, that now falls gently down to earth, so I shelve another journal fully absorbed with my musings, blatherings, rough drafts, ideas; a smattering collection of words, some dumb, some brilliant, … Continue reading →

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Water Photo Captions

Posted on August 23, 2011 by literarylee

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.  (Kurt Vonnegut, Man Without a Country) When you read the phrase practicing an art, you think: what?  Painting fine pictures?  … Continue reading →

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First Ink (Pen redux)

Posted on July 9, 2011 by literarylee

I drew my mightier-than-the-sword pen and spilled ink on the virgin page.  I came, I saw, I wrote.  This page, nay, this journal is mine! A humorous event:   I asked my wife, who was running an errand yesterday near the … Continue reading →

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Texting on the Bus with Mr. Toad

Posted on June 4, 2011 by literarylee

I looked across the four busy lanes of the street in front of our house to see my bus apparently pulling away.  I could have seen it as a precursor of the ride I was about to take.  I dashed … Continue reading →

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What I’m Writing – (Projects and Collections)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by literarylee

Directly below the header (the picture across the top of the page) are several tabs with basic information.  One tab, “What I’m Writing,” contains brief descriptions of the various projects I’m working on.  Most of what I am writing so … 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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First Entry in a New Journal

Posted on May 12, 2011 by literarylee

When you set out to write something profound, sometimes trite is all that flows from the pen.  Inscribaphobia: The fear of writing something in a guestbook, wedding log, gift card, or brand-new journal because you are worried it will sound … Continue reading →

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