Writing
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Ignite 11/16/18
Let’s raise our glasses this Thanksgiving and say cheers to those of us who give thanks by saying cheers! Continue reading
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Election Day Forecast
A couple of weeks ago, I posted Parts One & Two of “Operation Sharonimo” — the fulfillment of Writing Assignment #1 from my Write Wing companion. Assignment #2 was this: Your local television station has fired its meteorologist and hired you… Continue reading
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Operation Sharonimo — Part Two
“An undercover spy is about to impersonate you in all aspects of your life. Write Instructions.” Yesterday, I posted Part One of “Operation Sharonimo” — created from a writing prompt (above) assigned to me by my faithful Write Wing companion who… Continue reading
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Operation Sharonimo — Part One
“An undercover spy is about to impersonate you in all aspects of your life. Write Instructions.” A couple of weeks ago, as a way of kicking my writing ass, I asked my faithful writing companion and member of my writing… Continue reading
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Ignite 10/12/18
To write or not to write. To laugh or not to laugh. Laughing is always easier. Continue reading
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A Blackbird’s Song
Did the song of a blackbird bring comfort to my dying friend? ***** “A blackbird’s song can’t stop disease, but it can offer comfort.” So believes Rachel Clarke, the author of Your Life In My Hands: A Junior Doctor’s Story… Continue reading
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In Cold Texas
On August 11, 2006 — a sweltering Friday night — 16-year-old Amber Wyatt reported that she had been raped in a storage shed off a dirt road in Arlington, Texas. Few believed her. Her hometown turned against her. The authorities… Continue reading
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Truth Meltdown
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e. the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e. the standards… Continue reading
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Aglow 9/22/18
This weekend, Spark and Spitfire introduces a new regular weekend post called AGLOW, which will feature a poem that has had meaning for me — and perhaps for you, too. Peace to all. A GIFT by Denise Levertov Just when you seem to… Continue reading
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F-Bomb
Yesterday, David Ignatius, the award-winning columnist for the Washington Post published an editorial about Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear: Trump in the White House. Entitled, “What a Baby,” Ignatius’s editorial shares his opinion about the book and how: Woodward’s recounting of… Continue reading
