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2018-07-25 Look Who’s Back, Back Again
I’m at the gym on my elliptical machine. It’s the first time I’m about two weeks and just getting started all I can think about is the start of that Eminem song “Without Me”. Now there’s a master poet! That guy is brilliant. Perhaps troubled, but I think a lot of genius artists are. I…
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2018-07-24 An Unorganized Mash of Spinning Priorities
This could very well turn out to be the most disjointed, unclear, off in all directions post I have ever written. It’s a mirror to my thoughts and feelings and I’m not even sure where to start (other than that disclaimer). For 8 or 9 days during MFA residency, my whole world of parenting and…
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2018-07-21 MFA Day 7 and 8 – My Cup Runneth Over
Day 7 was yesterday and day 8 is today. That’s me, trying to catch up with myself and not feel too much like I am still stuck thinking about what happened the day before. I know they build a lot of flexibility into the schedule for folks to go off and think and write, because…
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2018-07-20 MFA Day 6 – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
All I have time for is poetry today. Running short on time and feeling late and unprepared for the last thing and the next thing. I guess that’s one advantage to being a poet… *** Morning rise, early after no sleep sickness rising also, unrest in my stomach. Push it down, down, preparing for a…
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2018-07-19 MFA Day 4 and 5 – Blurred Lines
I only just now having a minute to reflect on day 4 and 5 because things have been extremely busy and time is flying by so quickly. I only know it’s IS day 4 and 5 I’m thinking about because I looked at the schedule and counted the days ), 1, 2, 3 and that…
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2018-07-17 MFA Day 3 – Best Day Yet
Yesterday was the best day yet. It actually started the night before when I gave myself permission to have some wine, and some more wine, and eventually ended up on the back patio of the lodge with the other drinkers talking until the night grew thin and the bugs grew thick. I shouldn’t say “talking”,…
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2018-07-15 MFA Day 2 – What to Do, What to Do
Here, sometimes you have to pick and choose. The packed itinerary of this time forces questions about priorities to be answered. By the time you get to day 2, hopefully you’re climbing the Maslow’s Pyramid and not stuck at the bottom with basic needs. For me, it’s like a rapid trip climbing up and then…
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2018-07-14 MFA Day 1 – Lectures and Workshops and Readings, Oh My!
I’ve only been on this yellow brick road for about a day now and have already encountered a lot of strange and wonderful things. No lions or tin-can men to accompany me on my journey (yet), but certainly some glenda-the-good-witchness to cast a light on the path and show me the way. I wanted to…
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