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Monthly Archives: May 2012
On a Perfect Day I Want What I Have
On this perfect day in May, I give myself a break from everything: from worrying about what to do about my mother as she ages, to feeling, for the first time, that there may not be enough years left to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring for parents, Getting Older, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Cheerios, Fixing the house, Gratitude, Lowes, Wanting what we have, Writing
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Publishing Failure and She Was Just Seventeen
I’ve been feeling like a failure lately because my essay, “Claudia Songs,” has been rejected so many times. I log onto Facebook and see so many of my writer friends publishing, some often, some sporadically, but they are publishing. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring for parents, Getting Older, Idiots, Performing, The Beatles, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Conferences, Writing Retreats
Tagged Catskill Mountains, Facebook, Justin Bieber, Lifebridge Sanctuary, Literature, Monologue, Monologue Performance, New York City, Performance, Plax, plax mouthwash, Publishing, Rite Aid, Sunday, T.M.I. Too Much Information, The Beatles, Walgreens, writer friends, Writing
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