There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. ~ Marcel Proust

Life is short, sometimes shorter than we would expect. Twenty years ago I was 18. Twenty years ago life was just beginning. Twenty years ago seems like yesterday. Twenty years ago was so long ago. This poem and song is dedicated to my friend, whom I lost touch with yet never forgot.

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§273 · April 14, 2010 · poetry · Comments Off · Tags:


The greatest love story you never read
In letters and postcards and pictures
Tears flow from my eyes and thoughts through my head
A beautiful story, only richer

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§262 · April 13, 2010 · poetry · 2 comments · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 3 minutes] A couple of things worth noting… Book Release If you haven’t checked out the World’s Strongest Librarian, then you are missing out on something uniquely special. And on April 1 [no joke] Josh Hanagarne’s first novel, The Knot, will be released. You don’t want to miss it! Writing Challenge [...]

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[Reading Time: 2 - 4 minutes] Amazing Writing by Talented Writers It’s a good sign when you have a difficult time choosing the top three submissions. As you can see below, four were chosen instead of three. The writing this past week was just that good! If you haven’t checked out these talented writers, then [...]

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§227 · March 23, 2010 · WOOF contest · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 4 minutes] Today would mark one week since Joe started coming to the church on 4th Street in the middle of the day. One week since his unceremonious termination at an impromptu lunch. Almost 25 years of service, countless weekends and canceled vacations; not so much as a thank you. Quite [...]

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§106 · March 16, 2010 · 1000wordsmeme.com, Short Story · 6 comments · Tags: ,


[Reading Time: < 1 minute] Sponsored by Bookrix What: Short stories, fan fiction, romantic comedy, sci-fi, etc. All genres welcome! Free to enter. Must be at least 20 Bookrix pages long. When: March 15 – May 10, 2010 Community Voting – March 15, 2010 to May 10, 2010 Jury Voting– May 11, 2010 to May [...]

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§139 · March 16, 2010 · contests-submissions · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: < 1 minute] and here you are on my mind once again thoughts adrift and unheard images of vibrant yellows, oranges, reds shadowy and unfettered by words my inner self brightens vibrating with a scorching heat needful wants and desires drowning out background noises harsh beatings of my heart afire wishing the mind [...]

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§119 · March 10, 2010 · poetry · Comments Off · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] The contest is limited to 500 entrants and there is a small entrance fee of $5. When you purchase this, you’ll download a PDF file of the guidelines. There is also a link to them in the email receipt. Start time is April 24th , 2010 at 12:00 p.m. [...]

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§113 · March 10, 2010 · contests-submissions · 1 comment · Tags:


[Reading Time: 2 - 2 minutes] Oh the contemplation that comes about when one wants to share their thoughts with the world. Where to do this? Own domain or free? WordPress or Blogger? or Drupal? [I may have to try this one day] So, I start with free and Blogger to monetize. Then I buy [...]

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§78 · March 5, 2010 · other · Comments Off · Tags: