“Matlock has a gift for telling what she calls ‘the secret lives of ordinary people.’”
~Detroit Free Press
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Letters Count
So this morning I have spent and hour answering the many delightful “Happy Birthday” messages, and did not get one word written on either of my two current writing projects. That is not supposed to happen. Now, I could spend energy and time berating myself for lack of focus and discipline, or I could be…
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Writing My Way to Sanity
I came to my office dormer nook, computer on the lap, cup of tea at hand, ceiling fan revolving peacefully. I had just opened the post when I heard the doorbell below. Down I go to attend to the nurse visiting my bed-ridden mother, confer with the nurse for half an hour, during which time…
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I Confess I’ve Never Read Tolstoy, but…
I want to do so now. I came across this quote by Leo Tolstoy: “A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may…
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Packing Sand; Pretend You’re Good At It
Today I made order in my office. For the first time since my husband’s death a year ago, I cleaned my desks. This comes after many times in the past year attempting to press myself forward. My attempts at living are very much like my process of beginning a writing project. I write a paragraph,…
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Getting Going Again, Over and Over
Catherine Marshall wrote of writing: “I always found it harder to get started on a Monday morning. After a vacation longer than Friday to Monday, it would sometimes take me days to get underway again.” I have found the same principle at work with anything I do–writing, house cleaning, driving, and even Facebook. Gives fresh…
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Being Present
Cold and crisp here in the deep South. In my office, and my hands are like icicles. I imagine how the men feel who are working this minute putting on my new roof. Please hold them in prayer. I can hear the presence of the workmen above me. What a blessing that presence is, giving…
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~ Contra Costa Times
Curtiss Ann Matlock 