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Google Docs – Made Easy

On September 23, 2019, I put on a workshop for writers to introduce Google Docs. This handout contains links that will get you to the full content of the workshop.

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Tomato Puree

Twenty tomatoes fresh from the garden wanting to become something, like purée. She had to go do something for her elderly Mom, And left them, sitting there, alone, with me. I first lined them up like soldiers and gave them a bath. Then, in this big pan I found, I boiled some water. I submersed […]

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My first attempt at Haiku

Haiku is a specific form of poetry. It is a lot harder to write than it first appears. Here are my first two attempts.

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Flash Fiction

This is to document what I learned about Flash Fiction in the past few days.  Depending on who you read, it is defined anywhere from Ernest Hemingway’s six word story: “For Sale, baby shores, never worn.” to stories containing 1000 to 1500 words.  According to Wikipedia, there are  280-character stories (also known as “twitterature“); the “dribble” (also known […]

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February’s writing group assignemnt

This month’s writing assignment is based on an idea that came to Jane Murphy from the book: “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.  I read about half the book. It did stimulate thought, but I felt disconnected reading just random writings placed under different letters in the alphabet.  Jane’s idea was for us […]