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The air smelled of woodsmoke, of distances, and passing time. Frost glimmer on the morning field. Crows called across the  pewter afternoons.      ~James Carlos Blake

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September Ends

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August

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April

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Solitude

I can tell you that solitude is not all exaltation, inner space where the soul breathes and work can be done. Solitude eposes the nerves, raises up ghosts. The past, never at rest, flows through it. ~ May Sarton  

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March

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A novelist is bound to express values

A novelist is bound to express values, and I think he should be conscious of the fact that he is, in a sense, a compulsory moralist. Novelists differ, of course, in the extent to which they set out to reflect on morals and to put that reflection into their work. I certainly do reflect and […]

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February

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January

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Recommended: Lara’s Theme by Mudhuri Vijay

Contrary to appearances I haven’t forgotten all the writers  who have stopped by over the years, or the simply curious folks who slipped in for various reasons. I’m not  as active on social media as I’d like to be, but if I am, I’m typically posting art that has fascinated and moved me.  The painting […]

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