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The Value of Silence in an Uncertain World

Posted on June 21, 2020June 21, 2020 by Constance

You’d think in the Time of Covid I would be scrambling to listen to music, to soothe myself with rock, classical, new age. Anything to distract from the nagging fear looming over my shoulder that the person at work not wearing a mask is going to infect me, and with my high risk status, I’m…

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The Renaissance Woman Today

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 by Constance

I can’t be good at everything Imagine my surprise when I came to this realization. Society says we should strive for perfection in all things. To boldly go where no writer/artist/knitter/printer has gone before. To be different, unique. Special.  Fine and dandy, but I call bullshit.  Extroverts and Type A personalities run the world. They…

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Woman in parka standing in an ice cave

Advice Paralysis

Posted on April 12, 2020April 15, 2020 by Constance

How’s your writing going? How’s your quarantine going? How are you doing today?  I finally identified my current writing problem. Instruction fatigue that leads to paralysis. I’m editing a novel as I try to write more poetry. I’m using search and replace to search and destroy insidious words. Good advice I read somewhere. Normally, I…

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The Pandemic Avoider’s Guide to Caution

Posted on March 21, 2020March 22, 2020 by Constance

I started out smug. Coronavirus can’t get me, I don’t associate with people all that much. My faithful muse smacked me on the back of the head. Fool, said she. I’m not as introverted as I think.  Being in the high risk group makes me very cautious. Even my other half worries about bringing something…

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