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The magic of time
It is Thursday, my third day of a five and a half day writing retreat. In the first two days, I revamped the memoir I have been working on for nine years, and I have the draft I have been … Continue reading
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Revival of the blog
It’s been nearly three years since I posted on this blog. I am reviving it because I want to increase my internet presence and let people know I have a book manuscript. It’s true! The new title of the book … Continue reading
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Blog post #2 about my book
As many of you know, I am writing a book about my mother and my aunt, Ellen Matteson Knox and Sally Matteson Mitchell, provisionally titled The Matteson Sisters. I have a draft of 130ish pages, which is a little shorter … Continue reading
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Blog post #1 about the book I am writing
Years into writing a memoir of my mother and my aunt, I visited their alma mater, Bryn Mawr College. The archivist and I had emailed and spoken by phone, and she had helpfully set up Ellen and Sally’s files, as … Continue reading
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Ziggy Stardust
was the album I played every day of the year I smoked pot mornings before school except when I had a French quiz then I waited til lunch I wore blue mascara and cover up for the bags under my … Continue reading
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A poem by Kaylin Haught, one of my favorites
God Says Yes To Me Kaylin Haught I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic and she said yes I asked her if it was okay to be short and she said it sure is I asked her … Continue reading
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X
She wears an X behind her ear like a stamp from Auschwitz purple tattoo denoting rebellion tattoos are so mainstream now it only looks sad like she’s put an X on thinking put an X on being part of things … Continue reading
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Wedding
Pouffed hair borrowed tux with tails not really their style A lone classical guitarist providing atmosphere they didn’t choose The clouds parted and dried the wet grass a half hour before the ceremony A wedding in a … Continue reading
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Violation
If I want to write something angry, I can always write about V. That usually works. I can focus on her unfairness to me, or I can look at how she was violated, resist my urge to think she courted … Continue reading
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Undoing
Here is something I’ve always wanted to do. Climb a mountain without getting tired, or just the good kind of tired, where I’m strong and healthy but feel good aches and strong sore muscles. The food I eat is the … Continue reading
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