“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”- Napoleon Hill Finishing the first draft of a short story or a manuscript is a strange, almost otherworldly sensation,...
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Advice to Writers: Studying Time Management and Multi-Tasking for Success
Facing the Challenge of Getting More Done in a Day as a Writer Writing is a creative endeavor; but to make it a realistic achievement (or career), efficiency is a key component. We each have...
Closed for the Season
My uncle Danny used to say, "I like to get up early and enjoy the day before everybody else gets up and ruins it." I can still remember steam streaking down his dining room windows, and how the...
Memorial Service for My Mom – Beth Purcell in Wabash, Indiana
July 18th, 2023 - Post #90 I'm not sure why I'm so hesitant to sit down and write this. Maybe there is a sense of finality in posting the videos from the funeral service in my mom's hometown that...
Hope floats. Or so I've heard. I don't think I've ever seen the movie; but this morning that title is in my head. Hope floats. 'So do dead bodies,' my heart responds. 'And garbage. ...