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W is for Writing
It’s been hard to keep up with this blogging challenge in pandemic times. Hard to think or write about anything else. I believe we will likely be staying at home for many more months, and that I will be teaching … Continue reading
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V is for Voice
Not everyone writes, or writes much. Writing is not the distinctive expression of the self, for everyone. But I am close to some people whose voices in writing capture who they are, and their writing moves me, more than their … Continue reading
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U is for Um
U is for Um I just looked at my blog statistics. 94 people checked my blog yesterday.* But who are these people? Few leave “likes” or messages. I do not understand the blogging world. I am in it only reluctantly. … Continue reading
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T is for Torpor
Torpor, noun: a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy. Yep. My pandemic go-to state. It’s also a good word, that excites me a little and makes me less torporous. Torporish? Neither are actual words. But this word play energizes … Continue reading
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S is for Semantics
I keep seeing articles that assert that what we are experiencing is grief. I resist, feel growly. I don’t like being told what it is I’m feeling. And this doesn’t feel like grief. Disorientation, foggy headedness, lethargy, mixed with gratitude … Continue reading
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R is for Restless
What new can be said for being stuck at home? Everyone’s commenting on it. The quarantine blogs could become part of a historical record of this time. Hard to write about something you’re in the middle of. The days consist … Continue reading
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Q is for Quacumpaug
The Narragansett Indians called it Quacumpaug Pond, the settlers called it Schoolhouse Pond because they built a schoolhouse to assimilate the Indians there. I can’t find the meaning of Quacumpaug on the Internet. My second cousins were members of a … Continue reading
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Pausacaco
Named for a Narragansett word meaning “abounding in bats,” Pausacaco (pronounced paw-sah-KAW-ko) is a wooden lodge with a wide, inviting porch overlooking a small lake. My grandfather’s two brothers and five other men built the lodge in 1906. In the … Continue reading
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O is for SpirOgraph
The gears are shaped like jagged O’s. We lost one of our Spirograph wheels, the third one from the corner, the best size. Spirograph engrossed me for hours at a time, and losing a wheel was a deep disappointment. I … Continue reading
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N is for Nosie Nellie
When I was eight or nine, I wrote and illustrated a full-color, stapled-bound book entitled Nosie Nellie. Nosie Nellie and her friend Naughty Nancy, drawn wearing skirts and large bows in their hair, are confident, opinionated girls—empowered, one might say. … Continue reading
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