Archived Posts from: June, 2007

Circling, Cycling, Counting

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It’s 4:30 am, and I’m in a holding pattern for 10 minutes or so until I need to go prep Rachel’s first dose of the day.
Thanks to everyone who’s written to ask if I’m OK. Truth is…not really. I’m clinging to the precipice with fingernails dug in, circling in a world of stress, little sleep, [...]

A Little PW PR

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Back on 4/26, I mentioned that I’d had a sit-down with PW Blogger Barb Vey. Well, we finished up the last touches on the interview, and she’s posted it on her blog. I didn’t realize I liked talking so much about writing. I got downright wordy.
Take a look, if you get a chance, and don’t [...]

And I thought I’d been bad about the blog…

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Chagrin. A fun word that rolls off the tongue like the growl of a film noir villain. Or, mispronounced, it can sound like a Latin-dance-induced smile. Either way, it’s more fun to say than to feel:
Chagrin. n. 1. a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
This is the feeling of realizing the emails you [...]

Mitch Toby

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Mitch Toby Scratched was born in a sturdy, hand-built shack deep in the hollers of East Tennessee sometime between 1940 and 1942. His mama isn

Random Wanderings

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First, a little unfinished business. I promised someone I’d post the link to the interview with the Pirates screenwriters that I referred to below. I run into a lot of screenwriting interviews, mostly because it’s a major interest of mine. I discovered, however, that not everyone who might be interested does. Anyway, that link is [...]

A Healing Invitation

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Sometimes, a particular combination of words can strike home in an unexpected way. It happened to me this past Sunday morning. We had a healing service at church, along with communion, leading to a level of formality that’s a touch more “high church” than we usually have. Although we’re Methodist, we tend to be far [...]

More Things Done…and a Few Things Piratey

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I have finished up a few more tasks, so I feel as if I’m on an upswing of accomplishment again. Next on the agenda is some home stuff, then a dive into CLUES, which starts this weekend. I plan to stir up lots of dust, creative energy, and weeds.
In the meantime, I sent these comments [...]