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| Blog Name: |
Mary and Bob's Journal |
| Url: |
http://roolily.wordpress.com/ |
| Language: |
English |
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| Description: |
A place for random reflections & links. |
| Popularity: |
21 Followers |
Eight Great Days
| Yeah, I took a picture of myself on the red carpet, so what? It was my first one.To everyone who kept me too busy to write this past week, thank you! You know who you are. And to everyone who is si... |
It IS Complicated
| When you go to the Friday 1:45pm showing of a long running romantic comedy like “It’s Complicated” in West Los Angeles, the median age in the theater is 75. And by “theater”, I mean that attempt at... |
Comfort Zone
| Five and two thirds days of rain just about broke me and the cat both. We had thunder, tornado warnings, friends with flooded streets and temperatures down into the . . . well, much colder than wha... |
Cultivating Empathy
| Last week during a walk, the sight of so many dead Christmas trees waiting to be taken away got to wearing on me.I thought about a single one of these trees: the water that went into growing it, th... |
More than a favorite novel
| “The more I wonder, he say, the more I love.”–Celie, writing of Albert in The Color Purple by Alice WalkerNo time to write. Hitting the road for the weekend. The handout sheet says we may want to b... |
Rewriting exercise
| Self Driven Assignment: Take Saturday’s 500 word post and try to make it better. Say the same thing in 300 words or less. Don’t spend more than 1 hour. Result Below. Well, it has a better hook if n... |
Hot for Teacher
| I finally thought of one reason to try my hand at writing fiction again. It’ll be a chance to use another voice. I’m two thirds of the way through The Color Purple and I’m in love with Celie and he... |
My Best Life: Learning to Read and See
| I put “The Same River Twice”* by Alice Walker down momentarily to pick up “The Color Purple” and reread the opening but decided, instead, to write about how grateful and so very humble I feel in th... |
Saturday
| What books do you keep on the nightstand?
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End of Holidailies: now what?
| Commandment # 27,362: Thou shall not pay for any more writing classes until thou develops a near-daily writing regime.It’s time to follow through on the action portion of this command.I’ve abided b... |
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