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“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten,” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously quipped, “even so, they have made me.” In this new bi-weekly series, Flavorwire p… more →
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Sermon of May 19, 2013--"The Spirit(s) of the Age"
wrote 17 hours ago: John 14:15-27 15 ‘If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he … more →
Exploring a ranch to find places to read and feeling like Frodo in Sky City, New Mexico
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wrote 2 days ago: So sometimes, soifollowjulian goes on vacation. And I never travel without a few books to read. Beca … more →
This Week in Grief
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wrote 3 days ago: It’s been a weird seven days or so. I’d been dreading Wednesday (May 15th) for a while now, but for … more →
notes in the margins: the interior of a short story
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wrote 4 days ago: Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much one gives. How one can reveal themselves, in measure … more →
Ryan Adams will always love you though, New York
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wrote 4 days ago: Like lots of folks who grew up in small-town America, Ryan Adams has always had a crush on New York, … more →
from "The Year of Magical Thinking"
wrote 5 days ago: Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. We anticipate (we know) that someon … more →
On Morality
wrote 5 days ago: Of course we would all like to “believe” in something, like to assuage our private guilts in public … more →
Heraclitus and Joan Didion do change
wrote 5 days ago: You know our Big Three philosophers of classical Greece are: Socrates > who taught Plato Plato … more →
Wednesday's WIPs & Setting a Good Example
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wrote 5 days ago: Hello Wednesday, I cannot believe you are here already! This week seems to have sprouted wings and f … more →
the same things never change
wrote 6 days ago: “Except on nights like those I never felt poor.” On more than a few afternoons now that … more →
No writing today . . .
wrote 6 days ago: I don’t have time to blog. I’m supposed to be turning over a finished chapter tonight an … more →
Books in the mail and the sale bins
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wrote 1 week ago: Hunted and Delivered Every responsible citizen is at his or her designated election precinct and her … more →
Links of the Week
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wrote 1 week ago: Many of these links have been tweeted in the past, but here I can tag and categorise them for future … more →
Joan Didion Reads Honey Bear to Quintana Roo
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wrote 1 week ago: In this charming photo from 1969, novelist/screenwriter/essayist/writing icon Joan Didion reads HONE … more →
Mother's Day and Blue Nights by Joan Didion
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wrote 1 week ago: I finished reading Blue Nights this morning and was struck by the heart rending sadness there is in … more →
Finding My Way Along the Career Path
wrote 1 week ago: “Why don’t you go to any professional development seminars?” my boss asked me once … more →
Blue Nights by Joan Didion
wrote 1 week ago: Today I am reviewing Joan Didion’s Blue Nights on my writing blog, Healing by Writing. Won … more →
How Can I Become This?
wrote 1 week ago: circa 1972. Joan Didion, standing by her Corvette. Submitted without comment. … more →
Christian Friedrich Hebbel and Romantic Degredation
wrote 1 week ago: Christian Friedrich Hebbel and Romantic Degradation Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 … more →
