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Go Wherever the Writing Takes You
(10 minute read) A few years ago in my memoir writing class my teacher handed us a list of quotes from authors of memoirs and asked us to write about one. After reading through the list of twenty or so quotes from well known authors of memoirs, I decided instead to use the phrase my →
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I Stepped into the VORTEX
(9 minute read) I traveled into the vortex. It may sound like the start of a science fiction novel. Maybe you are envisioning a tunnel of spinning bright lights swirling round and round. Or perhaps you have a son like mine who has shown you fractals on his computer screen that remind you of looking →
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“Green Acres is the Place to Be, Farm Livin’ is the Life For Me” (for Us)
(20 minute read…relax it’s country time) I look out in the pasture and I can see the large red clay dirt mound where Smoke was buried last summer. Nearby is the spot where a few weeks before we laid to rest one of our chickens that died in the night. How did I get →
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When Did Communication Etiquette Get So Complicated?
(10 minute read) Good manners are important to me. I taught my children to say “please” and “thank you” before they took their first steps. I have been told the complement every parent loves to hear, “Your kids are so polite.” Recently it was brought to my attention from my well-mannered children that my communication →
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*Grizzlybearma and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
(4 minute read) It has been a while since I have been struck by writers block. Most days I can noodle around on plenty of topics or continue working on my book. But yesterday I was empty: of energy to flip my mood, of words to articulate my frustrations, and optimism to find a silver →
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December Unplugged (Light a Candle)
(6 minute read) “Got a good one, Grammie!” hollered the littlest grandchild as he struggled to lift a thick rotted out log, far too large for his small hands. The children gathered the leafless brittle branches from the frozen ground beneath the bare boned trees. Thrilled with their loot of lifeless limbs, they hopped and →
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What Weight is On Your Mama Bear Heart This Morning?
(9 minute read) I am late getting my post out on this Monday morning for two reasons. The first is that I woke to tragic news that weighs heavily on my heart. Not far from here is a college campus with students sheltering in place because a shooter is somewhere on the grounds. There are →
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Change of Seasons
It is November here in beautiful Virginia. Halloween is behind us, along with all the tricks, treats and tomfoolery. As the calendar page turns along with the scenery, I find myself in a deeper space of reflection and observation. I reach for my warmer coat and taller boots before I head out to the chicken →
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My return to the grizzlybearma blog
“I’m Baaaaack!” said with long drawn out two syllables. I return to grizzlybearma.com with slight apprehension mixed with an eagerness of much to share. My hesitation to jump back into blogging is that I know the time commitment it adds to my already busy life these days. But that is just the reason I need →
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Happy Birthday to my Sister, my Friend, and other Mama Bears celebrating another year in life!
A piece I wrote back in July on my birthday: The rustic white wood paneled door opens wide into the sun-lit hallway.The clean smooth cotton of the pillow cradles my right cheek. I blink several times as the image in the hallway comes into greater focus. It is the 11 by 14 framed photograph of →
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