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Seedlings in Stone
http://seedlingsinstone.blogspot.com
Memoirs of an urban author, born & bred in country shadows. Discusses writing, art, culture, life, the tensions between urban and country experience. Features original art by both amateur and professional artists.
- Added on: Nov 22nd, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Culture Writing Artists
- Tags: philosophy writing community change suburban christian life management
Recent Posts
Twitter Smile
I was on the phone. Sara overheard my conversation with someone, about how Twitter works. A few minutes later, she handed this to me. Happy Friday, especially to my Tweet Friends."Twitter Follow" by Sara B. Used with permission....
Day 7: Hey, Have I Met You?
He won the prize for most unusual meeting circumstances.It wasn't that we were both employed by a Texas non-profit group, that he lived in Pennsylvania and just happened to be coming to New York, and that we managed to have breakfast together at the ...
Two in One Writing
The twin realities of suffering and life. In her IAM Conversations podcast, Christy Tennant asked me to talk about the way my writing weaves these themes together. Upon introducing the question, she referred to a poem I'd written for someone it turns...
Let Me Not Forget
I met her for the first time on a bench beneath the redwoods. I was fighting back tears, because it was the very first time I'd left my children— two little girls. It seemed wrong somehow, that I should leave the girls for a whole week, go all ...
It\'s Here
And I am smiling. Smiling!Many, many thanks to International Arts Movement, for believing in this project.If you would like to order a signed copy directly from me, the full cost including shipping will be $17.00. Just drop me a note at llbarkat[at]y...
Butterflies and Parties
When you see something like a snow-white butterfly tree, it stays with you. Or it can. Taking things down in pastel is one way I've begun keeping startling visual experiences. Setting them into poems is another..."On Belleview Avenue"Serpentine tree,...
