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Author Archives: Sally
Space-Time (I’m on the) continuum
This is the place where the water waits. The water waits for the drawn-out light, it waits for seeds and for plants to nourish. It waits for life to explode. This is the place I climb hand over hand along … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Grottos, Hellebore, House Finch, Maidenhair fern, Maine, Nature Writing, Poetry, Portland, Snowdrops, Space-Time continuum, spring
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Weather Report or, Making Life More Interesting
We’re obsessed with weather in New England. Weather is usually the top story of the day-overriding wars, famine, even stories about brides gone wild at the local Filene’s basement. When friends visited us this past February, they were incredibly lucky … Continue reading
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Tagged creative writing, New England, Rain, snow Blizzards, Weather reporters, Writing
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Awards Season–or the long and the short of it
We are expecting our 4th sizable snowstorm in just over a week. So, in order to prepare I went out to look for various items which may or may not be important to my survival. I would read you my … Continue reading
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Tagged awards season, blizzard, cliche, fishmonger, Grammy's, igloo, Jimmy Choos, long underwear, Ming Dynasty, Portland Maine, Snow, snowstorms, thought-bubble, writers in Maine
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Don’t look! My participle is dangling!
There’s this syndrome I have come across time and again, called the Imposter Syndrome. I first heard about it when my husband was in graduate school. Recent graduates go through a phase of doubt and panic feeling they are out … Continue reading
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Tagged dangling participles, doubt, Ernest Hemingway, humor, imposter syndrome, participles, Pulitzer, Writing
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