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Retro: The Writerly Review, June 4-9

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Here’s The Writerly Life in review for the week of June 4-9:

Wordle 59, courtesy The Sunday Whirl

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 Dunn and a look at a new (to me, at least) online poetry journal: At Monday Poetry Discoveries: Dunn, PLUME.

On Wednesday: a photo essay, At a Loss for Words. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

Somebody You’re Longing to See, the week’s featured post, dealt with lost time and opportunities and their relationship to story.

Hambidge path, Spring 2011

And finally, Friday brought a surprise: the Lucky 7 Meme Challenge! (Thanks, E. B. Pike.) Check it out for a few lines from my WIP.

We’re not done yet: The Weekly Photo Challenge is due tomorrow! It’s a tough one.

Sneak Peek: Monday, look for a wonderful guest post from Esther Bradford-DeTally. You won’t want to miss it!

Thanks to all of you who visited this week, liked, and/or commented. The Writerly Life continues to grow and evolve. I hope you’ll come back!

At a Loss for Words: June 5

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Good morning!

It rained last night, big, booming thunderstorms that woke us up. Here’s what I found when I walked outside early this morning.

Thus begins a new feature at The Writerly Life: At a Loss for Words, a series of photo essays where the visuals speak for themselves. I hope you’ll enjoy.

If you do, please like and leave a comment! 

Lily unfolding

Japanese maple 1

Magnolia holding rainwater

Weekly Photo Challenge: “Today”

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The theme for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge, issued yesterday, June 1, is “Today.” The challenge was/is to “take a photo today,” but now that today is past, does the photo I took yesterday count? What about the one I just took today of a lizard on the hummingbird feeder, defying gravity with his/her sticky little feet? (Yes, we do have a crop of lizards around our house.)

Before I start sounding like a “Who’s on First” routine, let’s get to the photos.

First, yesterday’s “Today,” the trumpet vine in bloom . . . Then today’s daredevil lizard.

Trumpet vine, June 1, 2012

Defying gravity, June 2, 2012