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November 16, 2009
- I am like a child again. Barefoot, I stand in the hallway beside a doorway in the middle of the night. I am eavesdropping on my parents' conversation. I should be in bed. My feet are cold, my nightgown too thin for the cold of the night that brings a chill through the door that hangs ajar. I listen. Nothing makes sense, their voices come low and speak only of an adult world.I am here too once ...
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October 30, 2009
- Soooo many stories waiting to be told. Tell me a story. A Tidbit. A trifle. What unique anecdote do you want remembered about a significant woman in your life? “If you could tell just one small story that would capture ‘her’ character and keep her spirit alive for future generations, what would it be?”If you read my guide book you might remember when I fell into Dr. Seuss syndrome with, ...
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October 22, 2009
- (Ref: My blog of 10/21/09) The important question of whether or not posting content on a Red Room blog or member page constitutes “publishing” was handled most expertly by the lady who should know, Ivory Madison. She gives excellent advice in her comments to me following that blog, so I strongly suggest clicking on. (Raymond Mallette also gives honest support.) Eons ago before the ...
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October 19, 2009
- Where do I begin to begin to end? Why does it seem so difficult? Is it because I have been writing here on Red Room, for one long year now, on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day, whenever the fancy took me to jot down the moments that passed at Windsong, with my boys, the dogs, the garden,the hubby, the coffee pot, the clothes line, the grief, the regret, the longings, the sadness, the joys, ...
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October 17, 2009
- I'm excited about performing poems at Diesel Books in Oakland, 3 p.m., Sunday, November 8th. I'll see old friends and hope to meet some online friends--just as "real"--at the bookstore event. There must be a good bar nearby where we can toast each other's health and writing. It would be great to meet in person! The November 6th reading at the Art Institute of California in ...
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October 12, 2009
- Red Room did not rescue me from the edge of a cliff, from a burning building, from a crashing plane. But rescue me it has done several times: from isolation, from feeling alone in the universe as a writer. When I first began blogging at Red Room, I was on my way to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and I was nervous as hell. Belle Yang wrote to me on Red Room to encourage my ...
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October 3, 2009
- Premium Gift … I found the Red Room Writers Society October 8th 2008. This month is my One Year anniversary. (Or is it First Year anniversary?) Becoming a member here has opened up a whole new world of opportunity for me. I was in the process of writing my book with no writing experience whatsoever, other than I had in High School. I was in “total bliss” when I began reading and ...
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October 2, 2009
- I think this will probably be my last blog on this site because I will probably get banned after this one!Okay. Am I the only starving writer (notice I didn't dare use the word 'author') here? So now if we don't come up with $240.00 we can no longer participate in this excercise. I find this rather ironic because when I 'applied' to become an 'author' on this site I was turned down. But now that ...
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September 26, 2009
- Just wanted to thank everyone on Red Room for checkin out my page, my book, reading my blogs, and reviewing my videos and interviews - over 4000 views this year. More to come- I'm working on a tv show on photography, two new books, and capturing lots of new images! Here's one recently shot along the California coast- Sea lions basking in the glow of sunset Thanks again everyone - if you're ...
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September 16, 2009
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One of my other websites quotes this poem from the Anthony Mingella film, Breaking and Entering."Forgive, Forget and Eat More Jam," the jar said on the lid.Dai ate some jam and thought a lot and, in the end, he didGo home and be a better boy (although, sometimes, it's tricky).There is a moral to this tale: "Jam makes fingers sticky."I loved this the first time I heard it ...
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