Perhaps as part of my nesting instinct during these last weeks of pregnancy–a writers’ version of nesting–I have been attempting to organize and categorize all my old Word documents currently stashed haphazardly on flash drives. Some of what I find is cheesy and lame–me trying to copy other writers I read somewhere and not doing […]
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New life blooms in my belly. When I panic and worry the life is gone, pretty soon I feel the child moving again. The one thing in the world I am most curious about right now is what the baby looks like. Like me or like Ivan? Other questions soon follow. Will our child be
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Going through some of my essays from the past, I found the one below that I once wrote about Char. I took the original subtitle of my book from this prose-poem. I called the book Turtle Heart: The Story of a Lonely Old Indian Woman and a Shy Little Mennonite Girl. Eventually I changed the
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I think a lot of things, actually. But I don’t feel particularly qualified to say them. The world is broad and experience varies widely. What do I have to qualify me to share an opinion but a single lesbian friend and the questions and confusion I waded through as a young person? That’s why, when
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When I became friends with Charlene, I did so for two reasons: I was intrigued by her and wanted to know her better. I viewed her as needy and wanted to help her. While both can be legitimate reasons to start a friendship, the second reason, when misused or mishandled, can end up damaging the
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