Category Archives: Changes

Recovering Daisy Peasblossom

Today is January 20, 2021. The year 2020, with all its bumps and warts has been laid to rest, and the world looks hopefully toward a fresh year. Covid-19 notwithstanding, 2020 was only moderately horrible for me. But I shall … Continue reading

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Writer’s Block

Spring is here, and with it comes my usual restless desire for “new”, “different”, and “change”. Once that meant running away from the house and my grandmother to play in the woods, where I built tree houses, swung on grapevines and … Continue reading

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The Business of Writing

I love writing. I love the way words fit together to convey meaning, the pictures that can be painted with just the right selection of words. I started on on it early — just as soon as I could string … Continue reading

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Changes

August 18, 2011, my home was shattered — quite literally — by a giant sycamore limb falling on the roof of my house. The limb, 36 inches diameter at the base, crushed the northern gable end of the roof, rolled … Continue reading

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