The Count-Down has Begun
Into the oven they go:
St. Joseph Altar Bread
I Take My Lent Seriously
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For Lent, I gave up critiquing people. Well, actually I adopted a practice of launching into a critique only to pop my hand over my mouth and say, “Oh, sh!t. I gave up critiquing people for Lent.” So, in fact, for Lent, I took on cursing.
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I hate to announce my intent because, as my husband correctly points out, my creations...
Decomposing the Vote
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Why do they call it a dead heat? Because the originator of the phrase was from the South, and she knew what heat can do to you? Or do the dead actually emit heat when decomposing? At this point you’re probably asking yourself, why would her mind go there, and why on earth is she sharing it with us? (BTW: don’t research this...
Which Novel Next?
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If I tell you my one-sentence pitch, will you tell me which novel you’d rather read?
Model for Deception
When her model partner disappears, a Memphis fashion model uses her “clothes whisperer” skills to investigate the case, only to discover clues to the murder of her long-lost favorite cousin.
In the Name of Mississippi
A young...
The Rules are the Selur
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Does anyone else obsess over contest rules? I read and re-read and read yet again. I create a bullet point document with submission requirements. I check the FAQ in case there’s a question I haven’t thought of but others have and it’s really important. I mull over questions maybe the contest hasn’t thought of—everyone...
The End of Mardi Gras
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So many people
so interested in spreading joy in this world,
trying to do whatever they can to add to our happiness quotient.
Thank you for your
enthusiasm.
For it, the whole world rejoices.
do not rush
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Love this poem from valeriu dg barbu – what it says about love, the makeup of our universe, and our role in it
Let’s Hear it for the Experienced
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Listening to the anti-bullying speeches given by the COOL kids—high school juniors and seniors participating in the academic after-school program for those who will be the first in their family to attend college—I wondered about our everlasting tendency to deny those with first-hand experience a voice in solving our problems.
The men and...
Miracles wasted
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Thank you for such a lovely morning gift
Train of Thought
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The train whistles in the distance. Slanting sunlight filters through the living room window—the train, which arrives and departs Memphis morning and night in the darkness, is late. Seated on the floor, I rub the dog’s belly and confide, “I love the train.” How I can love the instrument of my daddy’s death is beyond...