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Are We Not Supposed to Talk About This?

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 12, 2013. Posted in General. 7 Comments on Are We Not Supposed to Talk About This?

The email notification pops up: this new person (who you don’t know from Adam’s house cat) is now following your blog! You, the email encourages, might like their blog as much as they like yours—go see what they’re up to! As instructed, I mosey on over to their blog site. Sometimes the blog actually intersects with mine. I write...

A Sister Sledge Moment

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 11, 2013. Posted in General. 2 Comments on A Sister Sledge Moment

“Like an adopted family,” A. said. We were bumping along in the church van. Ten of us crowded the back seats, plus the two church members driving the van. We’d eaten lunch, opened gifts, and enjoyed Christmas caroling. Now we were finishing up our shopping spree at Wal-Mart, returning home. As we traveled through the beautiful...

The Angel’s Beating Wings Fill the Room

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 10, 2013. Posted in General. 4 Comments on The Angel’s Beating Wings Fill the Room

The red table runners glowed, the tiny gold trees sparkled. The voices rang out in clear, clean notes—some among us could sing—and the warmth of the group welled up in me to the point I needed to leave the room. Not because I’m ashamed to cry in public, but because, over the years, I’ve grown tired of stifling the emotions Life knocks...

Finding Your Voice, Marisa-Style

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 10, 2013. Posted in General. 1 Comment on Finding Your Voice, Marisa-Style

My friend Marisa Baker has written an excellent blog post on finding your voice, expanding the concept to include cheeseburgers. A must read! http://unwrittenwordblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/inspiration-monday-finding-your-voice.html

Sticky Stories

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 9, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on Sticky Stories

When a friend sent around a “let’s play” Facebook message about ten books that stuck with you, I made the list off the top of my head. When I finished, I realized on that list I’d included three short story collections. Golden Apples, by Eudora Welty: a collection of interlocking stories set in Morgana, Mississippi, which...

Evangeline! Evangeline! Come Talk to Me!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 7, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on Evangeline! Evangeline! Come Talk to Me!

I have such trouble switching gears. When I’m creating new work, I want to keep creating new work. When I’m revising, re-visioning, and re-writing, all I want to do is edit. This makes transition days less than productive. When I come off ten days of re-write and arrive at the edge of my first draft, needing to plunge into continuing...

Don’t Give this Christmas – Take

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 6, 2013. Posted in General. 8 Comments on Don’t Give this Christmas – Take

I’m wading off into deep water here, but as you consider your charitable giving this Christmas, will you consider taking? Take a minute and find an organization that offers you the opportunity to actually talk to someone who is different from you. Take up your courage and go to that organization expecting nothing. Take your heart and enter...

The Choice

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on December 1, 2013. Posted in General. 2 Comments on The Choice

At St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, we are not a church that welcomes African Americans, by which I mean a white church with a hand-full of African American members. We are not a church that welcomes gays—a straight church reaching out to folks regardless of sexual orientation. We aren’t a wealthy church that helps out the poor among us. At St. Anna’s,...

Luv

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 30, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on Luv

I have just finished the book, “The 5 Love Languages,” and discovered that my happiness with Tom has nothing to do with any intelligence or effort on our part. According to this book, people have different love languages-i.e. how we perceive we are being loved. In addition, we instinctively convey love as we perceive it. Thus, you...

When You’re Killing Time

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on November 28, 2013. Posted in General. No Comments on When You’re Killing Time

Tomorrow you might be home hanging out in your pajamas. Click here and read more about me. Or peruse the stories and hear my voice (I’m not the one singing). whichever, enjoy. Remember: You Cain’t Do Nothing with Love