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It started innocently enough. I’d completed a revised draft of my next novel and was ready to subject it to a good, solid content edit.  Being a writer of small means, I invested the time and en

Blogger’s note:  I had fully intended to begin a new series related to my writing, but with the news of Saeed Abedini’s release, I decided to interrupt my schedule for this post. Satur

Lots of times, as a year winds to a close, just as 2015 did a week or so ago, we pause and reflect on the year behind us. Then, as New Year’s Day arrives, we spout off a litany of resolutions, mo

It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted. Christmas has come, and along with it come the requisite chores, those of shopping, making cookies, parties, and Christmas cards.  Throughout it all,

I remember last January when 2014 turned over to 2015 and how I wondered about what the new year would bring. If I’d only known. The first half of the year? Quiet. My life moved in an easy rhythm