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Hilltop Notes: April 2012
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Monday, April 30, 2012. For some reason I can't enjoy interviewing new residents. I love meeting new people, learning about them, mulling over impressions. I dislike trying to ask the right questions to construct the kind of shallow profile required by our newsletter. It should be a simple matter to ask someone where they come from, what brought them here, what they've done in their working lives, number of children and grandchildren, etc. They talked...
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Hilltop Notes: October 2011
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Saturday, October 29, 2011. Everybody remembers the days of having a paper due. How do you deal with that task now? Do you set out to produce an essay, a story, a poem on a topic, a person, an experience that seems to ask to be put on paper? Do you ever consider accepting an assignment from out of left field, so to speak? No problem when it has suggested itself; when someone else pushes it on you, that's a different kettle of fish! So now we go back t...
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Hilltop Notes: March 2012
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Thursday, March 22, 2012. Where Do They Live? Most of the time I don't think of checking Sitemeter. Today I took a look at the stats and asked for a breakdown of points of origin for visitors. What a surprise! Jordan; Denmark; Ireland.France wasn't a surprise because my granddaughter has been there since January, but repeated visits from someone in a city in Connecticut where I don't believe I know anyone? More than that, why. Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
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Hilltop Notes: January 2012
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. We all realize that "literary" markets struggle to keep publishing, that they look often to contests to help them raise their profiles. To have the funds to offer prizes, they charge entry fees. I guess that's fair enough. Friday, January 20, 2012. To Be Loved or to Love? A recent article about a group of well-known novelists discussing their work poses the question: why bother to write novels at all? Without repeating the a...
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Bringing Great Poetry to Hickory, NC, the Second Tuesday of Each Month. Sara Claytor Reads “Musing on a Rose Tattoo” and “New York in Those Days,” 12/8/2015. Scott Owens Reads “Who Hasn’t Contemplated Civil Disobedience Stuck Behind a Tractor Trailer Carrying Chickens to Dobson, NC” 12/8/2015. March 2010: Mike Smith, John Amen, Nancy Posey, Justin Ganser, and John Womack. February 2010: Joanna Catherine Scott, Felicia Mitchell, Jessie Carty, Tony Ricciardelli, and Bill Blackley. May 09: Cox and Griffin.
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Hilltop Notes: Foreign Language?
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Monday, June 18, 2012. This is probably not a new notion to anybody trying to learn to write what someone else might want to read (as opposed to those who claim to write for themselves), but I keep finding myself in a manner of speaking ( i.e. An imp, indeed! Is there a writer out there with a trick for disciplining that "inner voice? I don't include freelance journalists or advertising copywriters because I do understand how to take a paid commission...
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Random Morning Glories: April 2011
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Welcome to my slightly revamped blog. On my daily walks I'm always on the lookout for random morning glories that bloom in unexpected places, like random blessings. It occurred to me that many of my life stories, the funny stuff, the weird, and the sad, but true incidents have not been told, at least in public! Hope you enjoy my blog and thanks for finding me here! Sunday, April 17, 2011. Perpetual Writing Prompts - Notes from The Blue Ridge Writer's Conference. Wild Goose Poetry Review. He asked us to j...
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Hilltop Notes: May 2012
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. I have a problem with a few acquaintances who seem to live their lives by aphorisms. For every eventuality, they seem to rely on convenient capsules of wisdom. "A man's life is his work," "It's an ill wind that blows no good," "Consider the lilies of the field.". You can imagine hundreds more. Free will needs to be just that- including freedom to think and react for the specific moment and the specific person. If it'. It must ...
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Hilltop Notes: November 2011
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Tuesday, November 29, 2011. It occurs to me that so many of my blogs include complaints. Apologies. Yet I notice that so often I'm either feeling as blank as an empty bowl or else my brain is swarming with so many notions I can't start fast enough to make notes so I won't forget them in the dry times. Saturday, November 19, 2011. Popularity vs. Excellence. I just read an incredible headline: "Is more popular than Jesus? In an election year in a democr...
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Hilltop Notes: A Thought While Listening
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Ruminations from a writer in sight of the Blue Ridge. Friday, July 27, 2012. A Thought While Listening. How terrible to be deaf, and not to experience this! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Https:/ www.amazon.com/author/joancannon. Kindle, Nook, et al. APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac RSS Feed. Sewing by Sue Ellen Thompson Friday, August 26, 2016 The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor. How a Poem Happens. Exploring the Art of Poetry. My Name Is Not Bob. 201608.21 Life is a Beach. Http:...
