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Category Archives: Writing

Are Goals Different Than Resolutions?

July 5, 2022

A few months ago, I was talking with my Japanese student, Nozomi, about setting goals. He, in his late 30s, …

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Does Twenty-Five Years in One Place a Home Make?

August 21, 2020

It was twenty five years ago today that I landed in Oh Canada! with two drugged cats and a not …

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Can’t Write? Make Soup

February 9, 2020

I sat here today for hours and hours and, admittedly, in between numerous games of Free Cell, I wrote unacceptable, …

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Writing Should be More Accommodating, Don’t you Think?

December 7, 2019

Here I am ready to write this week’s blog and nothing’s coming. I missed my Friday self-imposed — reinforced by …

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It’s All About The Words

July 29, 2018

I am sitting here on this quite lovely Sunday afternoon playing with words and not writing them. It is, as …

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Old cats can teach us new tricks

November 26, 2017

I never would have taken Rose, my cantankerous female cat,  to be a poetry aficionada. Romance novels would be more …

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Ineffectual Sputtering of Words This Sunday Afternoon

November 19, 2017

I should just throw up my arms, turn off this laptop and say, “That’s it! There are no words to …

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A Blank Blog for a Blank Day

February 12, 2017

There are no words in my head to write this blog today. My mind just doesn’t want to put sentences …

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Winter Wonderland It’s Not

December 11, 2016

It’s real winter here today as opposed to pretend winter. I shouldn’t complain since, in most years I’ve lived here, …

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How Could Anyone Plan a Launch Without Lists?

November 25, 2016

I dream lists. I wake up thinking about lists. I write and rewrite then lose the list I just made …

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