Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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The narrow alleys I’ve encountered in trips to France and Italy linger in memory, more perhaps than the cathedrals and art galleries and sweeping views. In the particular case of Cassis France, that’s saying something, given the massive capes that rise straight from the sea to surround the little harbor town — a place best…
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It’s not quite a year since my mother passed. She was such a gift. If I started to talk about her, we’d be here all day. But here are two things. That photo above? I snapped it in January 2024 when I visited her. She lived in southern Alberta and that particular week, the temperature…
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Oregon author Ken Kesey knew well what practicing novelists learn: Writing a novel, regardless of its quality, is hard. Truth. I’ve written four. The first one found a small regional publisher and came out to positive reviews and modest success. The second one, with the help of a New York agent, circulated the halls of…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 