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Monday Discovery: Esther Bradley-DeTally
Today’s Monday Discovery guest writer is Esther Bradley-DeTally, a dynamo-lady who hails from Pasadena, California. Visit her at Sorrygnat, World Citizen. Thanks, Esther, for sharing this excerpt from You Carry the Heavy Stuff. The best way to describe Esther is … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Discovery, Narrative, Writers' Blogs
Tagged death, discovery, faith, family, guest post, life, loss, memoir, memory, nostalgia, relationships, sisters, story, time, twins, writer, writing
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Retro: The Writerly Review, June 4-9
Here’s The Writerly Life in review for the week of June 4-9: The week kicked off with the Sunday Wordle: June 3, 2012, a flash fiction piece inspired by The Sunday Whirl. Monday Discovery was all about poetry this week: a wonderful poem by Stephen … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, challenge, discovery, guest post, memoir, nostalgia, photography, retro, story, time, writing
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Somebody You’re Longing to See
For G and J What happens when people meet again after many years of separation? Might they find they have nothing in common and go their separate ways? Or might the bonds formed early outlast all the changes a lifetime … Continue reading
Posted in Narrative, Novelist, Photography
Tagged faith, friendship, memoir, memory, music, nostalgia, reunion, Robert Frost, South, story, time, words, writing
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Road Weary
Road-weary and hungry, we stop at a chain restaurant just off the interstate, a madhouse on any Sunday after church, but we pull in right behind a tour bus full of fossils from another age. All of them wear nametags, … Continue reading



