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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write more a day

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As a poet, short story writer, and essayist, I have several writing projects on the go, and I usually find inspiration as my day continues. In the midst of one writing project, I'll be struck with an idea for a character in another, or I'll come up with an entirely new project all together. For years I struggled with keeping ... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Grandparenting Family tree: True stories about gardening with my parents (or grandparents)

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Because the climate was hot and dry every summer, and because the soil was so sandy, we had a big problem with portulaca. I know, some of you are scratching your heads thinking that portulaca is such a lovely plant for ground cover. Well, it covers ground all right. It covers all the ground, everywhere. The first time I saw a... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs My second chance at life: True stories about facing death

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It is odd that one of my earliest memories could also have been my last. The old adage that life flashes before your eyes when you are about to die is not true for a four year old. All I saw was the fine sand on the lake bed and some rocks resting peacefully below me. Everything looked a little bit brown, and the light from t... More..

Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel

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The Life of PiYann MartelVintage Canada, 2002354 pagesISBN: 0-676-97377-9Yann Martel is a young author, born in 1963, who managed to break into the Canadian writing scene. Long held by such figures as Margaret Atwood and Timothy Findley, the Canadian writing scene is a cornerstone of high-quality writing that makes it difficu... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Being the other woman

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It was shortly after I separated from my husband that my male friends started to breathe sighs of relief. I've always had a large social circle of both men and women, but during my eight year relationship with my now ex-husband, we had both remained faithful to the other. We had been tempted to be drawn into intimate relation... More..

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