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Chasing Light: The Journey
Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. Robert J. Hastings So much has been written about “the journey” as a way to find oneself or as a path of life, and while this post might…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right?
Diary of a Bad Writer: Cats Are Bookish…Right? Absolutely, and you can blame the rodent delicacy of book binding glue for that little fact.
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52 Book Club Challenge
It seems I am always making a New Year’s intention to blog more often, and apparently this year is no different. What makes this year any different, you might ask – the difference is that this year I will be blogging for me. You see, the past few years I have blogged to build an…
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On Writing by Stephen King
You’re probably wondering why, so soon after my review of Elevation, I would review yet another Stephen King book – and for that matter, one published 20 years ago. That’s simple – it’s Stephen King, man! Another reason is this: in all of the inspirational writer’s how-to’s or memoir-like this is how I do it…
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Still Life by Louise Penny
“Three Pines wasn’t on any tourist map, being too far off any main or even secondary road. Like Narnia, it was generally found unexpectedly and with a degree of surprise that such an elderly village should have been hiding in this valley all along. Anyone fortunate enough to find it once usually found their way…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Hear My Heart
The wolf won’t ever have to fight for his food, if he can convince the sheep that the sheepdog is the enemy. Officer Parker I’m not one to blog about my political position, especially since I am on the political frontlines within a law enforcement agency, but today I am hoping you’ll simply hear my…
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The Green Mile by Stephen King
“Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.” Paul Edgecombe, The Green Mile I’ve been troubled over the past week, as I’m sure many of you have. So, with my heart hurting for both for the family of George Floyd and for my brothers and sisters in blue, I felt I…
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Diary of a Bad Writer: Focus
“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” William Faulkner Stereotype: Writers are Procrastinators. Even now as I sit before my computer, I find myself distracted. It isn’t the allure of social media or the call of email that pulls my focus. Instead, it is research. Yep,…
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Elevation by Stephen King
There has never been a poorly written Stephen King anything – novel, novella, short story, or even twitter post – and Elevation is no different. Do I claim it as one of my all-time favorite King stories? Not at all, but it is still a great read! Elevation is more than a story about a…
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