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Parenting May 29, 2020

Of Rats & Bees (no mice… no men)

The bees seem to have settled into the hive. I can’t say for sure unless…

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Writing May 28, 2020

From Bees to Rats

The bees of yesterday are still outside the hive we put them in-deciding whether they…

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Adventure May 28, 2020

More Bees, Less Words

Today a friend said she had two swarms of bees at her house and I…

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Writing May 26, 2020

When Bees(&Words) Die

The bee swarm we “rescued” last week off the curb at the corner of a…

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Prompts May 25, 2020

I Am a Tree

Picture yourself as a tree. All day I’ve seen myself re-cast as a tree and…

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Prompts May 24, 2020

Seurat and Social Distancing

In Seurat’s pointillist painting, La Grande Jatte, notice how everyone is arranged in small groups…

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Writing May 22, 2020

First Drafts

The process of writing first drafts is a lot like climbing a mountain for the…

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Prompts May 21, 2020

A Discontented Tree

Have you ever seen one? I try to imagine what it might look like. Thirsty,…

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Adventure Mom May 20, 2020

When Writing Disappears

That happens from time to time, right? You forget to hit save like I did…

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Writing May 19, 2020

Embracing Chaos

“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a…

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Writing May 18, 2020

Secrets of the Writer Bees

Late afternoon on Sunday, a day that began with a hike to several waterfalls in…

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Writing May 17, 2020

A Year of Going Nowhere

Were you planning on traveling this year? We were going to Chicago in June, meet…

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Writing May 16, 2020

Collage Words into Your Writing

What are your reading? Let it bleed a bit into your writing.When you run across…

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Adventure Mom May 15, 2020

Paper doll Mom

Have you ever imagined a character you’re writing, or your mother, as something you might…

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Writing May 13, 2020

Comfort and Challenge

In making my list of 10 elements for a great day (yesterday’s post) I found…

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