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August 4, 2018
Sunday Inspiration: Don’t Postpone Joy!
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” – Henri J.M. NouwenThe photo above is in a Chautauqua front yard that I pass at least once a day. I am always inspired. How about you? Are you, even now, postponing something wonderful that you should embrace immediately?
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August 1, 2018
2018 Reading Challenge Suggestions
To make it easier and more fun I asked my faithful Read Along With Emilie Richards Facebook Group for suggestions for the next three Reading Challenge categories. You’ll find suggestions for the first two here.
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July 28, 2018
Sunday Inspiration: A Compassionate Heart
Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog’s aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain.
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July 24, 2018
Novelists and Grandmothers
This is grandparents’ week at our cottage.Instead of writing, blogging and Facebooking, I’m indulging in Super Diaper Baby, Uno, and watching my six year old grandson ride the big yellow bus to Children’s School and then sit quietly at Chautauqua’s historical amphitheater as he takes in ballet and orchestra with a child’s enthusiasm—and longer-than-expected attention span.
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July 21, 2018
Sunday Inspiration: The Original Program
One thing I love about Chautauqua Institution — where I spend the summer — is that it’s ecumenical and multi-faith, as you tell from the photo above.Though I’m not Catholic, one of my favorite members of the clergy is Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest who founded the Homeboys Industry, which gives jobs and support for gang members in Los Angeles.
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July 18, 2018
What a Difference Titles Make
Yeah, yeah, I hear you. I talk about titles a lot.It’s true. I posted about titles here, and here, and even another one here. That last link goes to a blog entitled Can You Abide Another Post About Titles? Well, can you? Because that’s what the last two weeks have been all about for me, and as we’re always told, write what you know.
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July 14, 2018
Sunday Inspiration: “The one thing you have…”
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can”. -Neil Gaiman
The theme at Chautauqua Institution this past week was Play. How does taking the time to be playful help us to be more creative, effective, and peaceful?
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July 11, 2018
Bayou Midnight
Today I’ll share my website note for Bayou Midnight, which will be at all the major online bookstores on Sunday. (It’s available for preorder, right now using that link, too.) And yes, there will be a paperback available, too.
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July 7, 2018
Sunday Inspiration: How to comfort people
David Brooks, an author and columnist for the New York Times, gave an excellent lecture here at Chautauqua last week. What I like about Brooks is that he doesn’t just write about politics but about what it means to be human. And one of the biggest challenges of being human is how to adequately help someone who is suffering and in crisis.
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July 4, 2018
Chautauqua: The Most American Thing in America
President Roosevelt may well have been speaking about the traveling Chautauquas as well as the “Mother Chautauqua” planted on Lake Chautauqua in Western NY in 1874, after a period of great political crisis as well as religious ferment in the United States.
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