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Sketching Out a New Year's Goal

Sketching Out a New Year’s Goal

Posted on January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 by Constance

In the frenzy of beginning a new year, and reading other people’s tons of resolutions, I only have one goal.  Do all the things.  Probably not the best goal, considering my penchant for perfectionism. And procrastination. But a goal is a goal, and there are things I want to do and new things I want…

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Is Writing Time Absolute?

Posted on November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 by Constance

Just before the first snow arrived I got the urge to pick up my knitting again. I tend to slack off during the warm summer months as I like knitting with wool and it can get warm. I don’t do much weaving in the summer either. I think fiber arts go by the wayside in…

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How Cats Help You write

How Cats Help You Write

Posted on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 by Constance

How do cats help you write? By focusing the eyes of judgment upon you. Continuously. Under the heavy scrutiny of a feline, one tends to look at their work with a more critical eye. No? Just me? My Tuxedo cat, Lorenzo, likes to sprawl on the bookcase across the room and watch me as I…

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Figuring it Out as You Go

Figuring it Out as You Go

Posted on July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 by Constance

Figuring it out. I envy those people that plot and plan and use a date book religiously. Alas, I am not one of them. Every year in January I buy a day planner and vow to write things down and have a handle on dates and deadlines. I plow through, marking haircut appointments, doctor visits,…

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Piccola Poesie A Nibble of 100 Short Form Poems
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