Daily Archives: January 21, 2017
On My Bookshelf: Goodnight, Manger
HAPPY INAUGURAL DAY!
in case some out there forget,
Obama’s legacy got a “NYET’!
Disappointment’s no crime
But attending on time,
Is grace with courage, I’ll bet!
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Hopefully projects “half-assed”
Will by tomorrow have passed…
What Obama claimed as solid
Turned out mostly squalid,
Some of us are glad he’s out at last!
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Don’t think me yet in Trump’s camp,
He has a ways to tramp…
The “show me”state
I sure can relate,
Can he really come up with the amps?
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–Jonathan Caswell
-An opinion p[iece
MIXED BLESSINGS
It’s November, the month when many writers write.
Not me.
I’m not working on the next book, not writing my blog, not even journal-ing every day.
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In typical Cynthia fashion, I had a good stretch of days some weeks ago and was so thankful for it, I tried to do too much.
Ignored the warning signs. Committed other rampant acts of mindless-ness.
The bad pain came, then the flu. And throughout it all, the bloody nightmares whenever I slept long enough.
But pushing myself, as my therapist and journals remind me, is how I’ve come this far.
And I’m pushing again.
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Twice a week now, I lead very small groups of individuals who are writing their memoirs.
None is a professional or even an experienced writer. But they are bright, interesting, mature people.
Some of their stories are painful to write, I know. But what a joy for…
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