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A Writer’s Self-doubt
My creativity has been up on the ledge lately dangling her feet. She feels alone and inept, underappreciated and forlorn, yet the well isn’t dry. It still seems damp, way at the bottom. I sit at my desk most days … Continue reading
Posted in art, Books, creative writing, grace, humanity, inspiration, internet, media, readng, Uncategorized, words, writing
Tagged Looking at the whole board, self doubt, The Right To Write by Julia Cameron, What you think of me is none of my business, write because you have to Joseph Campbell
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Best Story of the Week…April 15th
There’s a smart looking woman, I’d say, in her early 70s walking up Madison I’m trailing behind. She’s wearing black capris, a black boat-necked top peeking under a simple understated, slate gray gabardine trench, with Audrey flats beneath bare ankles. … Continue reading
What Will Be?
My life looks nothing like the one I had a year ago right before the virus hit. It feels as if I’m living someone else’s, having no clue how to get the old one back. I remember working downtown on … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Faith, food, grace, Gratitude, Health, History, Home, humanity, New York City, war, words, writing
Tagged The Aftermath of Covid 19, The Coronavirus, The Difference in a Year 2020-2021, What 2021 Will Look Like
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She Likes To Engage
I’m often asked, how I come by all my stories. Certainly some must be made up. The truth is, they’re not, the reason being… I like to engage. Engage in…participate or become involved…(engage with)… establish a meaningful contact or connection. … Continue reading
Best Story of the Week…April 8th
I was feeling blue, so I did what I always do, went out for a walk. I found myself at the Library lost in the stacks, starting with Vonnegut, backing up to Mailer, then Hemingway hoping for some solace from … Continue reading
I’m a J. Crew Girl
I always marvel when people say I’m well dressed. It’s more, I’m simply put together that never lets on it’s fashion on the cheap. Lesson number one…don’t ever follow a fad since, you’ll look dated before you pay off your … Continue reading
New Deli
My friend who owns a gourmet shop gave me upon request, a modest slice of grilled eggplant that, after eating it, made me look like a pylon who swallowed a rat, the button to my jeans popping after telling me, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, food, friendship, Health, humanity, humor, men, New York City, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged arguing in public, being Italian, False advertising, heart conditions, salty food
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Best Stories of the Week…April 1st
MONDAY…early, en route to the Park, I see a fella with droopy drawers coming towards me carrying what looks like a liter of Coke or Pepsi before ducking into an alcove. As I’m about to pass I hear him say … Continue reading
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men is a favorite play and film of mine, both written by Aaron Sorkin, the play on cocktail napkins while he was an usher at a Broadway theater, proving what author Julia Cameron says… a writer writes, … Continue reading
Did You Know…American Civil War Edition
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12th, 1861, the American Civil War began. Four years later on April 9th, 1865, after 620,000 men mostly boys many between the ages of 13 and 17 died, ended. President Abraham Lincoln being told, there … Continue reading
