Science fiction is not my best genre – for that matter, neither are epic Russian novels – both lose me with names for places and people that somehow slip right out of my mind within milliseconds of reading them. Backwards time travel is about the only form of science fiction I can follow, as it […]
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Faster Than the Speed of Light
Posted in Children, Growing up, Reminiscences, Writing on July 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Lone, Exposed Tree
Posted in Motherhood, Photos, School, Sons, Writing on June 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been watching clouds lately. Don’t know why. It’s not like interesting cloud patterns and textures and formations are anything new. But give me something new, like a new phone with a new camera, and off I head into any situation, seeking something worth clicking. Here’s one I took, just strolling along next to the […]
Celebrity Tattoos
Posted in Idiosyncracies, Writing on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How stuck must a writer be before heading to the internet to search for writing prompts? I must not be the only one who needs an external kick-start sometimes, because otherwise there wouldn’t be so many sites. My first click brought me to a long numerical list, numbers in bold, set in rows; when the […]
Writing Assignment
Posted in Poetry, Writing on February 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I’ve given myself a writing assignment: Write a poem. Clear, concise. I argue with even this teacher’s assignment. An inane argument, a stall, I suppose, but no teacher can quell all questions without squashing the few based on true curiosity.