Author: Meg
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NaNoWriMo 2013
Yes, it is happening. I’ve already put in my first day’s writing. I’ve got a good 2,208 words written of the 50,000 I need to win. According to Nanowrimo.org, if I continue writing at a rate of 2,208 words per day I will finish on November 23. Being ahead of schedule is precisely where I…
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Your Space
The days are cool, the air sharp and crisp. There is just enough tilt left for afternoons to be passingly warm. A few days ago, I enjoyed the bright colors from the curb in front of my house, a habit developed in childhood that adulthood hasn’t yet bested. It is strange to consider how my…
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Paul Harding
Paul Harding, the author of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning novel Tinkers, spoke at OPL last night. Tinkers was the pick for this years Orem Reads. I had intended to go to the kickoff event, pick up my copy of Tinkers, read it during my lovely vacation, and then listen to Harding speak. I didn’t…
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The Best Kind of Vacation
The plan was for me, at this very moment, to be inside Mesa Verde National Park enjoying its wondrous beauty. Unfortunately our not so wondrous national government decided to shut down. Not impressed government, not impressed. The only way to get into Mesa Verde was to become a national trespasser. Sounds kind of fun, huh?…
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2013 National Book Award Nominees
Here are the National Book Award Nominees for 2013. Have any of y’all read any of them? Thoughts?
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I’m Moving!
At least my blog is. I have a friend who has called me the serial blogger. I make blogs and delete them. Blogging seems like a good idea until I start doing it and can’t figure out why I thought it might be a good idea and so delete my blog of the moment. Raspberry…
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Twelth Night
I pulled out one of my cold weather coats and a warm pair of gloves last night. I spent two hours sitting in a park and it got cold. I knew as I was pulling out my coat that I would be one of the few dressed so warmly. (And by the few what I…
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MLT
Last night we made dinner. At home. It was amazing. We had to buy some basic cooking utensils and a frying pan as our cabinets are not quite usable yet and everything is still packed away. We used plump garden tomatoes and high quality bacon and put together some stellar BLTs. We also used one…
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It’s hard to imagine my bedtime could be any earlier than it already was.
But it is. I went to bed last night just before nine. It was lovely.
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Order and Chaos
At times I feel my life is devolving into chaos. Other times I feel I am only a few steps away from perfect order. My life never falls completely to pieces nor is it ever perfectly orderly. I find it humorous, in a grim sort of way, that part of me strives for order and…