Writing isn’t easy

Writing is not easy for me. I can’t spell, have difficulty with tenses, and I write in a passive voice. For other writers it must be easy. They may do a rough draft, edit the story once and are done. Me I write, edit, rewrite, edit, get critiqued, read, edit again, and then let it simmer for a few days and edit again. When I’m brave enough to give it to my English...

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Find you passion

Today was the dedication of the new Little-bit-Riders facility, Dunmire Stables. Here children and adults gain physical and mental capacities while riding well trained horses. Kids gain strength in their core body muscles and have the opportunity to feel empowered. Little bit had been around for over forty years providing challenged kids the ability to gain the strength...

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Amanda Knox, a father’s perspective

Some days I wake up and say “I’m glad it’s not me.”  Today I’m glad I’m not Amanda Knox’s father.  To get another call saying my daughter is once again accused of murder in a foreign country by a prosecutor who seems to be more concerned with his image than the truth is appalling. The laws of each country are different, but in...

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Book Ideas.

The sun had just set and the transparent silhouettes of the Olympic Mountains were dark compared with the orange cloudless sky. A few seagulls flew by above the salt water, dark against the glow in the west. There were no star out yet, but two planets sparkled in the southern sky, probably Venus and Mars. The shadowed sailboat tied to the buoy beyond the low tide rocked...

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