Writing
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On the 100th anniversary of publication, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a quick read. In this case, less than 24 hours in four sittings. I highly recommend reading it. There is not much new to say since I wrote about it when the copyright expired in 2021. My new takeaway: a novel… Read more
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Editor’s Note: This is fifth in a series of posts about my creativity while living in Indiana. Check out the first post here. When we lived on West Post Road in Cedar Rapids, our child was transitioning to talking in human language and walking. Singing and running soon followed. I determined the best time for… Read more
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I can’t shake it…Here with me is…a feeling of tension.I am okay…I am going forward in time.Yet I am restlessgoing forward in time…Passing through cultures and societies,accomplishing things:doing laundry,vacuuming,or cleaning the closet…all satisfying.I washed dishesand prepared burritos for lunches next week.I have accomplished this.But I need more. ~ August 3, 1991 in the Calumet Read more
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A writer needs a place to work. Somewhere safe, secure, and with adequate room to spread out. I’ve written in my share in public places: restaurants, coffee bars, grocery stores, and parks. These locations serve for a moment, but eventually we need to return to a home base. Since 1974, I found many of them,… Read more
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When I began writing after university I used a bound journal to enter my experiences. In the 50 years since those first beginnings, the technology changed, and with it, the type of writing I did. I migrated from bound journals to a loose leaf binder in the military. This was a faint image of the… Read more
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This studio… is a place for creative endeavoris only a studio… a place for solaceby my declaration… from this quiet placethat it is so. ~ Sept. 9, 1990 Read more
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The home we bought in the Calumet region of Indiana was situated in a subdivision called Lincoln Gardens. Everything was about Lincoln, it seemed. We could hear traffic on the Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30, a few blocks from our home. My employer was Lincoln Sales and Service after the highway. We moved there in… Read more
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Someone shared a photo of the interior of a Korean grocery store in Niles, Illinois in a social media post. I had to visit the next time I was in the area, so this week, I did. The experience was a bit surreal. For the first time in a long time, I entered a grocery… Read more
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Large crop fields have been worked along many of the roads I traveled to Chicago this week. Ready or not, the season turned to spring. Next on my indoor planting schedule is tomatoes, followed by cucumbers and squash. I’m waiting for conditions outdoors to improve to tear down some of last year’s garden and prep… Read more
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I plan to be out of office and away from writing computers for a couple of days. Here is a photo from a recent trail walk to keep you company. Read more
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