Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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I never know where a conversation will go with my mother Irene. She can talk music. She can talk politics. She can talk literature. She can talk spirituality. She can talk travel. And, of course, history. Today, we hit a little bit on all those topics, but my favorite conversation came when I asked her…
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Some things that caught my eye on a rainy January walk on a trail that skirts the Coast Fork Willamette River at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum: Catkins on an unknown kind of tree. I know alders have them. Also hazelnuts. It’s hard to recognize trees without their leaves. Then, shrubby snowberry in front of a…
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So many ways to use time, so many alluring possibilities, so many things to try, so many changes to attempt. There’s a productivity guru — David Allen — who has written a book and created a website titled “Getting Things Done.” He offers strategies for getting more accomplished “with ease and elegance.” In my experience,…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 