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Recognizing My Muse

I didn’t think about having or not having a muse until I went to art school and began painting from life. Painting the nude. Some classes had male nudes, but mine, for the short while I studied painting at the … Continue reading

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The Nancy Who Drew Light In the Darkness

To free myself from the past, I gave myself to the past. When I gave myself to the past, I found a different pathway to the present. A new passage from there to here. After I went back there, to … Continue reading

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Faith In A Dream

Once upon a time, despite having little faith in myself as a writer, I signed up for a writing class. I dreamed of being a writer. I had no faith in my ability; only the dream. I had faith in … Continue reading

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To Solve, or Not To Solve

I agree with poet Mary Oliver, when she says – Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood.* But what of the mysteries too worrisome not to be understood. The mysteries that must be solved or resolved somehow, because Letting … Continue reading

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Nothing Good About Betrayal, But…

Live long enough, and you can turn everything around. Redeem the bad. That’s what I did. Experience is more than just what-happened-when, it’s what we make of it. This is not just a cliché. I went through a gruesome betrayal … Continue reading

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My Story?

My story? It’s sad! Sure there were some wins, but the losses outweighed them. Until the end. Except this is only the first book. It’s not the end. I just skipped to the end to give you an idea of … Continue reading

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Can I Be A Nancy Who Drew?

Dear Nancy, Do you think I could be a Nancy Who Drew? I read all the Nancy Drew Mystery stories when I was a girl and I loved them. I loved her pluck and her sense of adventure. I guess … Continue reading

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