“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Frogs and Memories
Hours of rain and rise in temperature in the past week brought on an evening chorus from little spring peeper frogs that live in the deep creek behind my house. The sound always makes me pause to listen, and to smile. It’s a reminder that life goes on, that no matter it is still winter,
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We Have to Continually Remind Ourselves
I went in search of corroboration of the above C. S. Lewis quote, and found the entire passage from his book Mere Christianity. I copy it below, at the stretch of copyright. The first step is to recognise the fact that your moods change. The next is to make sure that, if you have once
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The Gray Days
Out beyond the large window in the living room, where I’m writing this, the day is gray. Gray sky, sometimes darker with misty rain, sometimes a lighter shade, the color of waiting for rain. It’s as if gray has been washed over everything, the very air gray. The birds–we have lots of birds with the
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The Writer in Winter
Yes, it is cold here on the Gulf Coast. The Sunny South is sunny, but oh, my goodness, cold! It dipped to 18 degrees early Tuesday morning. And we had freezing rain that coated steps and formed large icicles, something not often seen this far south. When I went out, I dressed in insulated overalls
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Start Where You are, with writing and Everything
I read this bit of writing advice this morning: Start where you are. It seems an evident fact. I can’t start over there, if I’m not over there. I always wish I was over there–wiser, far more cleaver and knowledgeable and organized, not only about whatever topic I’m writing about, but about everything. (That word
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What Are You Hoping for This New Year?
Make New Year’s goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you’re interested in fully living life in the year to come. ~ Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go. Sometimes I find it hard
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Curtiss Ann Matlock 