It’s morning and I’ve hardly slept.  I’ll sleep an hour or two then wake up.  Fortunately, this is Saturday so if I manage to REALLY fall asleep, I can sleep as late as I want. I deliberately record programs on the TV to watch in the middle of the night.  Do you do that?  Last [...]

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We have a guest blogger today.  Her name is Martha Holmes and she’s sister to my favorite neighbor Annie Holmes.  Here is her piece she calls Soldiers. In front of the little grocery store in a one-stoplight town in upstate New York, an old man wearing an American Legion hat is selling red crepe-paper poppies [...]

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A popular web site asked today, what do you think life would be like if you’d taken the path not chosen?  How would your life be if you made different choices when you were young?  Interesting question, isn’t it? I think in my life, I’ve mostly taken the opportunity that showed up at my door.  Take [...]

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I’m writing a book.  So what?  Half the world is writing a book or intending to. I’ve heard that you haven’t really got a book until an agent is willing to represent you to a publisher, or a publisher is ready to buy it.  When you have the money in your hand, you’ve got a [...]

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