Posts Tagged ‘Essays’
This and That: A CNF Writing Activity
So far, so good when it comes to Cathy’s cancer treatment. She started her second round of chemo on Friday, and all went well. One down, eleven to go. She woke up Saturday morning and said it was the best she’d felt in two months. We did some shopping and then drove out to Bambi’s,…
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Cathy and I had a small serviceberry tree planted in our landscaping this summer. The tree, as is often the case, was just a tad crooked. Today, we finally got around to staking it with straps and ropes meant to straighten the trunk. In other words, we interrupted its natural growth to train it to…
Read MoreKeep Going: The Writing Life and Perseverance
It’s a really windy day here in central Ohio, and consequently there’s a lot of noise—the sound of the wind, the jangle of wind chimes, the creaking of siding on my house. When I was running into that wind in the last of my five miles, it was hard to keep going. The gusts pushed…
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