My Blog
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In The Mess
Okay, let’s see a show of hands here. Who else watched The Magic School Bus when they were growing up? Anyone? I know I can’t be the only one. That show was one of my favorites. I loved the adventure, the impossibility, the discovery of it all. And I loved Miss Frizzle. She had so…
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The Thorn 2019
I went to a play this week. Yesterday, actually. I went to a play yesterday. Sweet letters of the alphabet, is it Monday already? When did that happen? If it is indeed Monday and my brain is not pulling tricks on me, I went to a play yesterday. The annual production of the The Thorn,…
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For The Writer Who Needs A Break
Vacations are wonderful things. Can we all just agree on this one fact? Everyone loves a good vacation. But not everyone has the time—or the money—to take that week off, or buy that plane ticket. Been there? I have. Some months, rest is much easier to fantasize about than it is to actually accomplish. Writer,…
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Audiobooks and Blizzards
I love audiobooks. So, so much. Really, is there anything better than a good audiobook when you have a thousand mundane tasks to do and no time to read? I don’t think so. Having a story to coax me through the day is a tiny bit of heaven for a hard week, and I took…
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Herb-Woman
Rose hips grow by the wooden gate, red fruit already wrinkling in the late-summer sun. I pause with my hand on the latch, gathering a few and storing them away in my apron pockets before I go inside. They smell of hot wind and dust, but brewed into a syrup, they’ll cure cough and treat…
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For The Writer Who Is Having Doubts
I have a question for you. If I was to meet you in a coffee shop, and we were to sit by the window to watch the rain or in the corner where it’s private and cozy, and I was to ask you to tell me about yourself, what would you say? Would you start…
A.R. Geiger 