This is for you as well as me. I would love to hear from you (comment on this blog) about one or two things you would like to do or see before you die. YOUR TURN. What is on your bucket list? Or your questions. Or give me your whole list. Too much of everyone’s […]
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Lost Words, You won’t believe these words are gone. Why? When did they leave?
Heavens to Murgatroyd! Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word, murgatroyd? Lost Words from our childhood: Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! The other day a not so elderly lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said, “What […]
Continue ReadingReal People in the Throes of Death Truly Understanding Life
While building my novel, Asunder, A Novel of the Civil War, I was constantly struck by the myriad letters that were so eloquent in style and tone. The women and men who wrote the letters did so with such passion and remorse and hope, sorrow and joy. Their words felt they were delved from the […]
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