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My First Novel: About Chapter 7
Objects have power. They can represent who you are, where you’ve been, and can elicit all sorts of memories. They don’t have to be luxury items. In fact, they rarely are. They can be as simple as a coffee cup – or a paintbrush. Brooke is no stranger to these objects.
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Louisa Meets Her First Busker
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Fear of Becoming A Snipe
Our annual Snipe hunts took place on Thursday evenings after Taps. The hunters were instructed to quietly assemble so as not to waken the Scout Master, who, of course, knew exactly what was going on, and then we would head up the mountain together. Lately, I find myself identifying with the Snipe.
Starting Early For New Year’s
Annual rituals are important and need more thought-time than a few quick hours between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. More planning produces better results. So I’m making the choice to join author Pat Conroy and create a new tradition – a tradition of using a few of my long summer evenings to reflect back on my last New Year’s resolution and start planning for the next.
Good Listeners Make Better Storytellers
Better storytelling can be traced to good listening, and as Willa Sibert Cather, the novelist who wrote so vividly about frontier life on the Great Plains tells us, it all begins at an early age. Willa’s belief reminds me of Corey, a toddler who grew into a man at a small nursing home his parents operated in Charlotte. Hillcrest Manor was Corey’s entire world until he started preschool …