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Two Birds on the Land: Sleeping Beauty, or looking for inspiration in all the wrong places

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Two Birds on the Land. Two Birds on the Land Spring Migration Tour. Friday, August 17, 2012. Sleeping Beauty, or looking for inspiration in all the wrong places. I hate that agitated feeling. I want to write, I think I should be writing, it is my “writing time”. And I haven’t a clue how to get started, or even what to get started on. But what is it exactly? What is it I think I’m missing? Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe I’m not looking for the wonderful idea to be handed to me on a platter. Maybe ...Hopeles...

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Taming the Junkyard Dog: May 2011

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Taming the Junkyard Dog. No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Birdland, Midwestern United States. I'm not really a poet. Sometimes I just poke words around. "She can't help it,” he said. “She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog." Stephen King, from UNDER THE DOME * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Here Mary will post her poems, old and new. View my complete profile. Wonder How Deep a Mother's Love is? Yes, I'll Be Your Neighbor.

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Taming the Junkyard Dog: DYLAN AT THE BEAT MUSEUM

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Taming the Junkyard Dog. Sunday, September 16, 2012. DYLAN AT THE BEAT MUSEUM. DYLAN AT THE BEAT MUSEUM. I went to the beat museum. But they wanted eight dollars. Eight dollars of my hard earned money. Eight dollars of my cracking eggs for the people on the sidewalk. Eight dollars of slicing peppers and peeling onions in a kitchen. Eight dollars of my eyes weeping as I slice. Eight dollars, man. For eight dollars I could buy a roll of paper. Or a typewriter ribbon. To unroll my blood, sweat, and tears.

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Taming the Junkyard Dog: THE BEEHIVE

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Taming the Junkyard Dog. Monday, June 6, 2011. I want a beehive for my tombstone. No formaldehyde for me. Just sprinkle seeds of clover. I’ll be breakfast for the bee. For I’ve lived my life in cycles. And this is just one more. I’ll be waiting for the morning to arrive. And the bee will take me round the bend. And then she will return. Collecting her nectar for the hive. I want a beehive for my tombstone. No formaldehyde for me. Just sprinkle seeds of clover. I’ll be breakfast for the bee. I'm not reall...

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Taming the Junkyard Dog: September 2011

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Taming the Junkyard Dog. No posts. Show all posts. No posts. Show all posts. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Birdland, Midwestern United States. I'm not really a poet. Sometimes I just poke words around. "She can't help it,” he said. “She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog." Stephen King, from UNDER THE DOME * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Here Mary will post her poems, old and new. View my complete profile. Wonder How Deep a Mother's Love is? Yes, I'll Be Your Neighbor.

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Two Birds on the Land: EVENTS

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Two Birds on the Land. Two Birds on the Land Spring Migration Tour. Putting up Stores for Winter. Carving Out Space for Writing in Our Lives. THE TWO BIRDS FALL WRITING RETREAT. Date: Nov 17, 2012. Place: First Mennonite Church. Karen Kowalski Singer and Mary Hays. Cost: $55 (Early Bird Registration: $45- Postmarked Before November 1st.). Email for info.). Register by email or snail mail: See Retreat Registration tab above. Books and crafts from Birdland and The Prairie Year will be available for sale.

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Two Birds on the Land: Give yourself a challenge!

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Two Birds on the Land. Two Birds on the Land Spring Migration Tour. Thursday, July 5, 2012. Give yourself a challenge! When I'm feeling dragged down by heat and the press of things that never seem to take form, no matter how good my intentions, I remember this talk by Matt Cutts and his challenge to try something new for 30 days. Take a look at this video. If you want to make a small, sustainable change in your writing life. Matt Cutt's TED talk was the spark for my own project, 31 Haiku. There's no end ...

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Two Birds on the Land: Writing and Wordlessness

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Two Birds on the Land. Two Birds on the Land Spring Migration Tour. Friday, March 30, 2012. It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD). It’s noisy out there! As writers, words are our raw materials – but sometimes the words, the trivial drivel, the common and cliché words make the world a sloppy and unappetizing alphabet soup – somehow the word is too much with us. Is there a switch inside us to turn off words? Some ways to drop into wordlessness:.

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Taming the Junkyard Dog: September 2012

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Taming the Junkyard Dog. Sunday, September 16, 2012. DYLAN AT THE BEAT MUSEUM. DYLAN AT THE BEAT MUSEUM. I went to the beat museum. But they wanted eight dollars. Eight dollars of my hard earned money. Eight dollars of my cracking eggs for the people on the sidewalk. Eight dollars of slicing peppers and peeling onions in a kitchen. Eight dollars of my eyes weeping as I slice. Eight dollars, man. For eight dollars I could buy a roll of paper. Or a typewriter ribbon. To unroll my blood, sweat, and tears.