The following is a post I made on an earlier iteration of the CrushedMuffin site. Below the post, I will toss in my current-state two-cents; what the “now” me thinks about what the “then” me wrote. [cryout-pullquote align=”center” textalign=”left” width=”80%”] My Thoughts On Why I Write POSTED 10-AUGUST-2002 I think…
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At a recent writer retreat and workshop on Writing the Other (more on this later), I spent some time in the kitchen making treats for the writers and instructors. A popular one was the biscotti, and I was asked to share the recipe, hence this post. What follows is original…
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A while back a friend of mine gave me a Daruma doll he picked up on his most recent trip to Japan. When I received it, the eyes were blank. Following what my friend told me, I set a wish/goal that I wanted to achieve as I filled in one…
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I have been struggling lately to use my time to do the things that I aspire to do with my time. Instead I squander my time on the enjoyable activities (e.g. binge watching Veronica Mars) because, dang it, I deserve to pamper myself. But if you do it all the…
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Welcome to my website. It has lain fallow for about two years now. Prior to 2012 I was managing this site via HTML, and decided to switch to WordPress. After the switchover, I neglected to bring any of the previous information or pages over to the new format. And honestly,…