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5 Things I Saw Today – Camping / Turkey Chili Tip
Baby toads like bugs- Taking a grassy, woodland path to a small pond, I looked down and saw bugs crawling everywhere. My first thought was giant ticks but the scientist in me was too curious to run away. I reached down and allowed one to jump on me. To my utter amazement it was a…
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Say it Like This – Fiction Character Names
Reading an article about a charity that helped families in Honduras with sustainable farming, I noted that the author devoted precious word count to provide the correct pronunciation of one of the men’s names. His name is Nortie pronounced – “Nor-ti-a” . That got me thinking. Considering that it was a printed article and not…
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Stranger Inspiration
Once upon a time, we lived in a small awkward house that had issues. When we pulled up the mustard yellow carpet, we found makeshift spacers in the wood floor where walls used to be. Who knew there were walls before? The hallway had a a random bend in it. The kitchen cabinets were layered…
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Lessons From the Comics – Do You Have a Story?
Helpful, that’s what people like to be when you tell them you’re writing a novel. Help is good, no doubt but writing is a solitary endeavor most of the time. Though really, success is found in embracing a community of editors, beta-readers and dogs…no not dogs, unless you’re thinking of Snoopy who has a lot…
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Out of my Mind With Grief
My head feels lost, Untethered, My body weak, Unstable, I want to grab normal, But it slips through my fingers, And I know, I’m not there, I’m in that other place, Out of the flow,Not in sync with the rest,Bobbing along,In a stream of pain,Sorrow,Brokenness,That can’t be glued back togetherWith words,Or thoughts,Or even prayers,Because the…
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Do It Again
Every day we start our way and face, the grind, grind, grind, grind, ground up joy, can’t lie, can’t say, it’s okay, doesn’t matter anyway, We’ll make it work, put in the time,doesn’t even have to rhyme.Look away, pages say, life gone by,bye, bye, bye, bye,bought the lie, felt the pain, put our faces to…
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Clare Graith 