Category Archives: summer reading

Reading to Write

Have I been writing? Yes. In the past, I thought of writing as “working on a book.” Now I think of it in a different way. I don’t have to be working on a big project. I can be working … Continue reading

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Anthologies, Novels, and Photographs

Just because I don’t post here every day doesn’t mean that I’ve put writing projects to the side. I earnestly try to follow the oft-seen instruction to write something daily even if it’s just a few phrases in my journal. … Continue reading

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Some Summer Reads

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” So says Dr. Seuss, and I believe him. Because of the books I’ve read this month, I know more … Continue reading

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Disappearances and Murders

The first time I met my friend Martha, someone asked her what she’d done that summer while the rest of us were teaching summer school. She tilted her blond head to the side and happily reported that she had read … Continue reading

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