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My Six Word Memoir

a href=”www.marycastillo.blogspot.com”Mary Castillo/a and a href=”http://www.ericaorloff.com/blog/2008/02/six-words-and-one-photo.html”Erica Orloff/a recently were tagged to write six word memoirs, a project inspired by the one going on at a href=”http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/”SMITH Magazine/a.br /br /SMITH’s project was inspired by a challenge posed to Ernest Hemingway, who … Continue reading

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My Kingdom for a Deadline

span style=”font-size:180%;”M/spany Wonderful Husband is brilliant. I was moping around this weekend, trying to get back into the novel, when he said (something like): “Well, you’ve been doing great with those freelance articles and their deadlines. Maybe you should enter … Continue reading

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‘Fear is the Mind Killer’

span style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” I/spant’s hokey, I know, but I love that quote from the movie version of ia href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/”Dune/i/a. It probably comes from the book, but since I haven’t read the book in years and do remember it from the … Continue reading

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Not quite back on the horse

span style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” I /spanover did it. I thought by this week, I’d be bouncing around, writing stories, getting the flow of life back into balance. Instead, I went out to do freelance interviews and food shopping (gosh the grocery … Continue reading

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In Memory of Gordon: 1998-2008

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R6TGOXC1GxI/AAAAAAAAAFc/8luxcUlyPIs/s1600-h/IMG_1253.JPG”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R6TGOXC1GxI/AAAAAAAAAFc/8luxcUlyPIs/s400/IMG_1253.JPG” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162469022879783698″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;” Y/spanesterday I lost a member of my family. After a battle with a href=”http://www.felinecrf.com/”Chronic Renal Failure,/a brought … Continue reading

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Word of the Day: Surgicaled

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R57A6HC1GwI/AAAAAAAAAFU/dYi71IBUiG8/s1600-h/V01indexS.png”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://bp1.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/R57A6HC1GwI/AAAAAAAAAFU/dYi71IBUiG8/s200/V01indexS.png” alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160774327569029890″ border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-weight: bold;”Sur*gi*ca*led/span iverb/i To have surgery performed upon. “I’ve been isurgicaled/i” “After they isurgicaled/i me, I was able to walk … Continue reading

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