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The Art in Hoarding

September 2, 2010

I heard about the woman who was missing and later found under the stash of all her hoardings. I have watched the TV show Hoarders and cringed while thinking of my own collection of clutter and the dust bunnies I haven’t sucked up yet. But, I’ve also looked at photos of collections of clutter and [...]

Traits of the Irresistible Man

September 1, 2010

From YourTango: 7 Traits of Irresistible Men: He Has Mastered The Wink. He Radiates Calm. He Takes Care Of Himself. He’s Got Style. He Has A Manly Scent. He Is Affectionate. He Laughs Loud, Hard, Often. I don’t agree with the last one. Yes, a good manly laugh is nice. But, not too often. He [...]

My Canada

August 29, 2010

Canadian Living Magazine runs a monthly 500 word column to celebrate a place or event that represents the essence of Canada. You can send in your submissions to the magazine by email or regular mail. What would you write about your country? Take some time to think about what represents the essence of your country, [...]

Desk Rage?

August 26, 2010

Lilit Marcus writes about desk rage in her blog: Save the Assistants. Have you heard the term, desk rage, before? It was new to me. But I’ve seen it happen. Like road rage, desk rage is all about frustration, impatience and losing your temper. (Or your sanity, temporarily). People who work closely together or share [...]

Just Another Windy Day

August 24, 2010

It’s a windy day, you’re walking along the sidewalk, coffee in hand. The wind is nice, just strong enough to blow the cobwebs out of your head, yet not so strong you’re having to hold onto things in order not to blow away yourself. You see a man’s hat blowing along the sidewalk, bouncing on [...]

If you Survive Them

August 23, 2010

I was looking for something else and found these quotes by Brittany Murphy (actress, now deceased). Kind of ironic things for her to be remembered saying when she died so young. Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if [...]

Just Three Words?

August 22, 2010

How much can you say about a topic in just three words? I found In Three Words. Unfortunately it has been on hiatus since 2009. But, the content is still up. The basic plan is to have a topic from the blog and give three words to best show your feelings/ thoughts about it. What’s [...]

My Interview at WhoHub

August 21, 2010

Interview with: Laura Brown [thatgrrl] WRITING What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? I don’t remember what I first read. The books that haunt me from childhood are ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ by Shirley Jackson and one about a ghost [...]

Stop… I’m Not Ready

August 17, 2010

Sharon Crawford has a writer group based in the east end of Toronto, East End Writers. If you are in the area join the group and go to the events. I was reading Sharon’s blog, Only Child Writes Blog. She writes about being the only child to older parents. In one post she began writing [...]

Ordinary Love Story

August 16, 2010

Write your Ordinary Love Story. 200 words or less. Send them to Andre. All stories must begin: I have fallen head-over-heels in love with… She/he smells of… He taught me…. I taught her/him…. Here is mine. Give it a try. Admit your lust for the postman, the weird kid, the woman who sells you coffee [...]

Found, Many Years Later

August 10, 2010

From Linsey Teppner on Facebook: Why is it that when we put something important in a “safe place” that seems obvious at the time, it is really the last place we’d ever think to look later on? I commented: That happens to me all the time. I never get it either. But I end up finding things [...]

The Graham Greene Challenge

August 9, 2010

I read about the Graham Greene Challenge on Fuel Your Writing. It’s a 500 word challenge, but not just writing 500 words as a short story and then stepping away, done. Graham Greene’s challenge was to only write, exactly, 500 words of the manuscript/ book he was working on and then walk away to leave [...]

Tragic… Or Just Ironic?

August 8, 2010

I’m listening to Ironic by Alanis Morissette. You know the song about rain on your wedding day, good advice that you just didn’t take and the guy who bought a plane ticket for his first flight and crashed. Ironic, tragic and a little too ironic – just as she says. Could you write a few [...]

A Good Deed a Day

August 7, 2010

Could you do some kind of good deed each and every day? What is a good deed? Maybe you are already doing good deeds and not thinking of them, or really valuing the deeds you do. I think the good deeds people do are interesting. How far outside of your comfort zone does a person [...]

Five Minute Mysteries

August 6, 2010

Writing a mystery is at least as complicated as solving a mystery. I’ve found a few links to 5 Minute Mysteries online. Try a few, then try to write of your own. 5 Minute Mystery – Must join the site to do more than just read the mystery, but it is free. Mystery.net: Solve It [...]

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- Post photos of your favourite Second Hand Bookstore to this Flickr group. I'm in between second hand bookstores in town. But my favourite is still a half hour drive away in another town.
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- "There's an inner logic when somebody can't speak any more, they sing and when they're too filled with emotion they move onto dance."
  
  - Kelly Robinson, choreographer and stage director.
  
  I was watching some old movies last night. In between they talk about the movies, in particular the director. Mostly it was a lot of back patting. Then the topic of making musicals came up and I copied down this quote.
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Time Machine
- 2008: Angel Off the Shoulder
- 2009: Slow Down and Start Talking

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