Monthly Archives: September 2005

Blogging Fame

I am feeling a bit too prideful today. I know, I know, it cometh before a fall and all of that….. But if you type my name into three of the top search engines, my blog comes out as the … Continue reading

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Autumn

It is almost the end of the month. No way to pretend it is not autumn now. This is the time of the year when I most fancy a fire to snuggle round. Central heating may be convenient but there … Continue reading

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Writing Quote

Have found a helpful quote about writing – from Gloria Steinem. Most writers write to say something about other people – and it doesn't last.Good writers, write to find out about themselves –and it lasts forever.

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Good advice

There is no end of good advice around about how to succeed at writing. Though it seems to me that those proponents of the just get o­n and do it…brigade are actually making money out of others' procrastination. And that … Continue reading

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Writing

I have been thinking about Writing recently…..really Writing. Not just musings o­n the blog, not just more of my Creative Writing Course, but writing for its own sake.  The trouble is that I am good at starting things but not … Continue reading

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Patience

I regularly come back to this prayer for patience, from the Church of Scotland Pray Now publication way back in 1992. At times I seem to live o­n such a short fuse.Yet still you are patient with me,showing me where … Continue reading

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Loneliness and Solitude.

May Sarton is a favourite writer of mine. I am usually reading o­ne or other of her books or journals, and each time I reread an old favourite I see something new. How about this to ponder today from Mrs … Continue reading

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Dreams and Friends again

This is from the Magnificat of Friendship by Ann Johnson, and is based o­n Luke 1:39-56 God has come in vivid imageryto the help of my companion and myself,remembering God is a dreamer,according to the dreams our Creator dreamed in … Continue reading

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Getting older

As I get older I keep hoping and praying that I will get wiser. It doesn't always feel that way. I love the o­ne-liner from Bridges of Maddison County (From Robert to Francesca) The old dreams were good dreams. They … Continue reading

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Another poet

Another poet (Walt Whitman) – reminds us of something else about friendship and living…. I celebrate myself, and sing myself,and what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you.

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