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Dogs in the Bed

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 25, 2019. Posted in General, LOVE. 2 Comments on Dogs in the Bed

I have a history of unhealthy, deranged harassment of the dogs in my bed (we’re talking canine dogs, not human ones). For little Providence—sweet, gentle, patient Yorkie Providence—it was the Middle of the Night Companion Call. Everyone in the bed would be sleeping. Snore, snore, snore. Except me. My eyeballs shone in the...

Lenten Beauty: 3/25/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 25, 2019. Posted in GOD. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/25/19

Lenten beauty is like manna. It can’t be hoarded, or it will rot. The point is to take a moment each day, think of God, and add some beauty to the world. So, today, you get 4 lenten beauties, because they all came from one trip to the grocery store.

Lenten Beauty: 3/23/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 23, 2019. Posted in GOD. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/23/19

I did not create the tree, but I did create the moment of beauty sitting beneath it.

Ruffles in the Front

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 23, 2019. Posted in FASHION, Writing. 3 Comments on Ruffles in the Front

I have been a fashion maverick ever since my three-year-old self tugged on her ruffled panties, backwards. “Your panties are on backwards,” my mother said, pointing at my britches as I examined the cascading layers of beautiful white ruffles. “The ruffles go in the back.” “I can’t see them in the back,” I responded and marched...

Lenten Beauty: 3/22/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 22, 2019. Posted in GOD. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/22/19

Bone Folding

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 21, 2019. Posted in General, GOD, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. 2 Comments on Bone Folding

This is what it looks like before it’s a book. That’s a bone folder. You use it to sharpen your creases. These are pages of the novel THE HART WOMEN being folded into signatures with a bone folder. If you squint, you can tell the pages aren’t consecutive. That’s because they will be sewn together. At that...

Lenten Beauty: 3/20/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 20, 2019. Posted in GOD. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/20/19

You may have noticed that the recent Lenten Beauties are the continuation of one cross. I am at a location with few creative materials. I view it as a work in process, as so much beauty is.

Lenten Beauty: 3/19/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 19, 2019. Posted in General. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/19/19

A cross made from leftover candy wrappers #turnyourchocolatehabitintoart

Books and Beyond

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 19, 2019. Posted in General, Writing. No Comments on Books and Beyond

I loved being at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library this morning for the library’s Books and Beyond Book Club. I was pleased they had me, and they were warm and gracious. I had a prepared a talk, but they had questions right out of the gate. We wound up talking for an hour and a half. It was wide-ranging. The ostensible topic was...

3/18/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 18, 2019. Posted in GOD. No Comments on 3/18/19