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The Power of the Ear

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on May 1, 2014. Posted in General. 4 Comments on The Power of the Ear

How many words are there in the entire universe yet, in an 86,000 word novel, how many times in the last, read-aloud review have I run across the same word used again within a breath of itself? “You, in point of fact, are still over dry land,” my observant friend pointed out. Or words with an unintended rhyming effect: “Not...

Don’t Judge My Something, Please

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 25, 2014. Posted in General. 6 Comments on Don’t Judge My Something, Please

I have no mascara. It’s a long complicated story that I don’t want to get into, but the last week I’ve been out in the world with bare eyelashes. Not since I was old enough to legally drive a car has this occurred. To you, this is no big deal. For me, well—I’m blogging about it, aren’t I? When I was a...

Down by the Riverside

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 21, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on Down by the Riverside

There were too many people. The pews were stuffed, the back of the church filled with overflow. So when it came time for communion, even despite the use of three stations that moved more swiftly than if all had kneeled at the altar, the line of people outlasted the prepared hymns. Silence. Shuffling feet. One or two wayward notes trilling...

The Good Friday Toad

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 18, 2014. Posted in General. 4 Comments on The Good Friday Toad

I peaked too early. After this difficult Lent, I’m ready for Easter. Yet, blocking the road to resurrection, sitting there as unattractive as a big green toad, burps Good Friday. As I stand in this place staring at the toad and kicking the dust, I do not see Easter as “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” I see it as the most...

The Circle of Life is Not Supposed to be Static

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 15, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on The Circle of Life is Not Supposed to be Static

I interrupt revising Model for Deception to revise Train Trip, bringing with me the streamlining lessons learned from revising Model for Deception only to return to Model for Deception with the additional streamlining practice I’ve gained revising Train Trip as I read American Gods, learning how to craft a slightly different novel so I can...

I Already Knew I Liked Wine

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 14, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on I Already Knew I Liked Wine

Someone posts a photo of her beloved pet, and I weep. Someone posts a photo of a great flash mob, and I weep. Someone posts a quote, and I weep. I believe I’m ready for Lent to be over. I don’t think I’m put together for an extended period of intentional deprivation. I’m MUCH better at deprivation over which I have...

You Won’t Know – Do It Anyway

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on You Won’t Know – Do It Anyway

I was flipping channels, and I stopped on a little girl explaining her science project. She wanted to assist water conservation. Specifically, she wanted to make her fellow and sister elementary school students aware of water use. She had the idea to tell them, whenever a faucet was running, to make a noise in their heads....

Palm Sunday Bait and Switch

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. 2 Comments on Palm Sunday Bait and Switch

I have a complaint: why is the celebration that gives Palm Sunday its name so short? What is it about our theological bent toward the difficulty of the passion that we can’t celebrate the world’s recognition of Jesus for more than ten minutes before we must plunge into the hard part? Do we worship suffering and difficulty so...

Descaling

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 13, 2014. Posted in General. No Comments on Descaling

A lovely illustrated poem from Valeriu DG Barbu’s blog to start the morning

It Will Be Normal

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 6, 2014. Posted in General. 5 Comments on It Will Be Normal

For those who read my blog yesterday: I am better. As is its want, the pain is gone, leaving me to wonder what I was complaining so about yesterday. From here forward, I will live a good, fun life. I’ll do my PT exercises, impressed with myself for what I CAN do. I’ll walk the dog, forgetting this once caused pain. I’ll roll my...