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Monthly Archives: March 2014
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I woke up this morning thinking about God – or, rather, the concept of God. When we got smart and quit believing in an actual, living God, we sort of “threw the baby out with the bathwater.” Because, while I … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged ADD/HD, creativity, NATURE, philosophy, questions, religion, spirit
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Reading about Writing (and other things)
Yesterday, after finally finishing Natalie Goldberg’s Friend from Far Away, I decided to once again read Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I read this a number of years ago, after seeing her in person at a fundraiser shortly after … Continue reading
Shirley Jackson
Life Among the Savages; Raising Demons By Shirley Jackson I started reading this book on March 4th. I’ve decided to try to read as many memoirs as I can right now to try to educate myself about the format to … Continue reading
It must be spring…
Wednesday morning, as my sister and I were looking out the front window, we saw an unusual bird on the front lawn. My sister did some checking and determined that it was a Northern Flicker; more specifically, A Red Shafted … Continue reading
And I finally joined the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators! I’m excited!
March 5, 2014
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March
The name March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture. Apparently, before he became popularized as … Continue reading