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Tagged: poetry

Scratching the Owl’s Head
Posted on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, climbing mountains, friendship, hiking, irony, natural world, Nature, NY, Owls Head, poetry, the hamlet of Owls Head NY, transience of life, writing, Writing Redemption
by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN My friend Linda Sprague found a few old poems of mine published in Foothills Ink and sent them to me. I’m going to take a break from my usual musings and share some never before shared work. I dedicate this post to Linda Sauther, Ellen Mainville, Flossy Powell, and Zoe Steenberge. …[ read more ]
Vera
Posted on Saturday, February 19th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: mom, poetry, Vera DeFord Rau
Image by leonem via Flickr The winter wind whisked her along Fifth Avenueto Central Park. She stood above the lakeskimmed with ice. Her brothers hurling rockshad hoped to make a hole that wouldn’t freeze again.Intent upon their burden, they ignoreda little girl who stood meekly at their side. “I can break the ice so it won’t …[ read more ]

Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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