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Plenty o Tomorrows

Posted on April 8, 2019 by jayne bowers

  I’ve been doing a lot more reading than writing lately–pretty much all nonfiction. Not that I don’t enjoy fiction, but well, as the saying goes, “It is what it is.” As I sit here pounding out some words, I’m … Continue reading →

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Scurry is the Word

Posted on February 1, 2019 by jayne bowers

I haven’t thought of John Donne in months, maybe years, but every once in a while, I’ll remember, “No man is an island, entire of itself,” and think of how fortunate I am to be a member of a critique … Continue reading →

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Very Good

Posted on August 17, 2017 by jayne bowers

This morning our local writers’ group met at Books on Broad, a delightful independent bookstore and coffee shop, and as always I left the meeting motivated to finish some projects I’ve been working on. Before leaving the bookstore, I wandered … Continue reading →

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Morning Zen and Deo

Posted on January 7, 2015 by jayne bowers

I confess. I’m a bibliophile. Reading has influenced my life in so many ways that I can’t begin to list them all. I’ll just say that if it weren’t for reading, I’d be a lot less interesting, even to myself. … Continue reading →

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A Swamp in Each Eye

Posted on April 28, 2013 by jayne bowers

One of the wonderful things about being retired (or semi-retired) is that I have more time to read, something I’ve looked forward to for many years. I once asked a co-worker who’d taken the summer off what she had done … Continue reading →

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They Have Punctured Hearts

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jayne bowers

Stephen King says good readers make good writers, and I’ve read several good books lately, the most recent being The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. The action takes place in WW II in a small German town called Molching and … Continue reading →

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