Category Archives: Fiction

Weekly Photo Challenge – Dreaming (and a bit of flash fiction)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

I walked quickly up the steps, careful not to trip over the roots erupting from the stones. I shouldn’t be here. As I climb each step my vision grows narrower. My heart pounds. In the shadows I can only focus … Continue reading →

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>New Books in My House

Posted on November 25, 2008 by

>A box was left at the usual dropoff point, the place on the front walkway near the edge of the drive that looks like a front porch only to the driver of the big brown truck. I’d been looking for … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fiction, NaBloPoMo, Nonfiction | 2 Comments

>On reading that Lessing has won the Nobel Prize

Posted on October 11, 2007 by

>Doris Lessing is one of those writers of whom I always feel that I should have read more. I’ve only read one of her short stories and it instantly comes to mind when I hear her name. Our Friend Judith … Continue reading →

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>If I Lived on this street….

Posted on October 10, 2007 by

>…. I would have to smile every time I looked up at the building with these wonderful creatures: But would I notice them every day? How many times have I walked by these and not noticed them? Do they tell … Continue reading →

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>Reading Like A Reader

Posted on June 5, 2007 by

>Last year, soon after it was published, I started reading reviews and blog posts about Francine Prose’s book, Reading Like A Writer: A guide for people who love books and for those who want to write them”. It seemed that … Continue reading →

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>Summer Reading or The Whale

Posted on June 4, 2007 by

>I’ve always been a bit curious about the idea of “beach reads” or summer reading. Do people who don’t typically read readily devour books while on vacation? Are avid readers more likely to pick up a trashy, guilty-pleasure novel during … Continue reading →

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>Reading The Road

Posted on June 4, 2007 by

>I started reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Road the other night. I’ve read much about this book — both positive and negative. I haven’t read much fiction this year, and although I have several other books I’ve started, I decided that … Continue reading →

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>Miscellany

Posted on April 3, 2007 by

> Item #1: Following up on my ‘what I did for fun’ post: yesterday I went for a bike ride. The intention was to ride to Butler U, meet up with a walking group, and then walk through the gardens. … Continue reading →

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>The Movie Was Better Than the Book

Posted on February 11, 2007 by

>It isn’t often that I can state that I saw a movie that was better than the book on which it was based. In many ways, it makes sense that this would be true; in a novel, even a short … Continue reading →

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>Right and Wrong Readings of Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants

Posted on January 12, 2007 by

> cross-posted at A Curious Singularity When I saw a few months ago that Kate had selected Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants for the January discussion at A Curious Singularity, I was excited. This was a story I was familiar … Continue reading →

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