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This day, with each of its moments slowing to the length of no less than an hour, punctuated by the reverberating beat of my heart, a pulsed give-and-receive of life running through me and back again. And again. And again still one. more. time. This day, where I began stuck in melancholy, missing my mother…
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Monday greetings to you all: I had a power weekend in many ways, where I was filled with energy from 20 other teachers on Saturday during a 7-hour writing workshop–our first of 21 that will conclude on July 20. There is no greater feeling than being surrounded by like-minded folks who have strong, healthy attitudes…
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First attempt at bringing my blog back to life with pictures. Maddie joins us below as she works on a very important project at school… To get this photo in the blog entry, I simply uploaded it from my desktop…something I can do on my PC laptop but not from my Mac, for some reason.…
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Happy Friday, all! This weekend, I’ve got a mix of pleasures on my plate, but the one thing I’m looking most forward to is spending a little more time with the intricacies of my blog. For some reason, I’ve lost the ability to add images to my entries, so I have to send candy and…
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help, please. I am in a desperate search for new music. Let me give you my love list, and maybe you can turn me on to something new and wonderful–either local to your area or an international unknown that needs to be heard. I’m looking for a voice like Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Lorenna McKennett, Shawn…
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I had been looking forward to–and dreading–yesterday for some time. you see, I spent all afternoon behind a microphone, first for a deposition I was required to give, and second for an interview with our local NPR radio station about Maryland Voices, our creative nonfiction publication, and the Maryland Writing Project. First, the deposition. Without…
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Last night, as I made my usual 9:41 p.m. Starbucks run (grande soy chai latte, if you were possibly wondering), I was stung by the sudden fragrance of fresh honeysuckle that has just bloomed in the middle of our yard. For the longest time, we wondered what that bush might be. Well, last night, it…
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Greetings, all: First, let me thank all of you for your kind words, your emails, your cards, your everything. I am honored to know all of you, whether it be in person or online. All of you have made this passing much easier to bear, and I am very grateful. With each day that has…
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We buried Mom today. It was a beautiful service, and we had our entire family back at our new house for hours of sharing wonderful memories. I was also so pleased to see so many of my friends and my colleagues show up at the viewing and at the funeral. The support has been overwhelming,…
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Eileen Westervelt, May 12, 1926 — May 17, 2007 I don’t think I have ever been so sad, yet so honored, in my life. The passing of my mother was not an immediate thing, nor was it ugly in any sense in these past two years that she battled cancer and lived more fully than…
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