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Each week I post a combination of writing prompts, original recipes and/or poetry, interviews and publishing leads to share what I've discovered or learned with the literary community.
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An Ancient Tale and the Fate of The Kennedy Center (opens the original)
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It is hard to imagine a grown man being so selfish and angry that they would destroy a beautiful place, but it is happening before my eyes in the United States.We’ve all witnessed small children who throw temper tantrums when things don’t go their way. They see another child happily playing with blocks. Not willing to wait their turn, they knock them down. Eventually as they grow older they mature and learn to share. They learn humility. Evidently not everyone does.I’ve attended many performance
Sci Fi Writers are often Visionaries (opens the original)
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Before we build something, we imagine it. Often before the item is created, we write about it. Call it speculative fiction, because we speculate “what if…” our minds explore the possibilities. Visionary science fiction writers, names that include Heinlein, Dick, Asimov and Bradbury, have frequently predicted future technological advances.A few days ago, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explicitly warned governmental policy makers not to let “science fiction” fears about artificial intelligence drive publ
Finally, a Customer Arrives! (opens the original)
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Last summer, I visited Maine in August. I posted about my delight in watching hummingbirds dine on sugar water. The teeny tiny house we’d rented had just enough space for two seats and a pull-down table. Outside the window the owners had set up a red glass hummingbird feeder.When we returned to Maryland, I purchased a red glass feeder and an iron stand to set it up outside our dining room window. Within a day, the first bird arrived.This summer in April I set up the feeder. As I did the previous
1976 or 2026 - Memoir and War Movies Still Resonate (opens the original)
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Saturday night is often movie night in my household. If nothing else is planned, we watch a movie. Drama, comedy, documentary, or a mind-bending Sci Fi; it doesn’t have to be a new release. Maybe it’s something old, we missed.This past Saturday, the movie was Born on the Fourth of July based on the 1976 memoir of the same name by Ron Kovic, who wrote the screenplay with director Oliver Stone.The film tells the story of Ron Kovic’s patriotism and desire to serve his country in the U.S. Marine Cor
Authenticity Never Goes Out of Style (opens the original)
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I remember it was in the spring of my freshman year in college that my closest friend Barbara played for me her newest purchase, a Dolly Parton album. I’d never heard of Dolly Parton but I liked her immediately.Her original songs were straightforward and sincere. Just take a listen to All I Can Do. The photographs included with the album showed her generous bosom and her massive bouffant hairdo. I loved the red gingham shirt and the matching scarf on her head, it reminded me of dressing up to lo
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