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Pandemic Movies

Movies in the Time of Pandemic

Posted on September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 by Constance

One thing the pandemic has been good for is staying in and watching movies. For me, it’s mostly older movies I’ve wanted to revisit, but hadn’t had time. Some of them replay on television, but I really, really hate being interrupted by 5 minutes of commercials. So off to Netflix and Prime and others I…

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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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Piccola Poesie A Nibble of 100 Short Form Poems
Praise for Piccola Poesie: "Perhaps my favorite aspect of this collection is how relatable these poems are..." (click on the cover to read more)

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