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To Become A Ghost

I don’t mean to become a ghost – but sometimes I can’t help it.

Posted byMarushkaMay 23, 2020May 21, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:ghost, haunting, home, homesick2 Comments on To Become A Ghost

“Inconceivable!” – A Dictionary

…Or, why fairy tales need more dictionaries.

Posted byMarushkaMay 21, 2020May 22, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Accountability, clarity, consistency, definition, Inigo Montoya, self knowledge, subjective, The Princess Bride, transparency, Truth, William Goldman, words, writing2 Comments on “Inconceivable!” – A Dictionary

Incomplete

What does it mean to complete your work? Or rather – what does it mean to undertake your work, when you are aware that it may remain incomplete?

Posted byMarushkaMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Barbara Kingsolver, death, eternity, incomplete, Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, life, Poetry, The Secret Miracle, tomorrow5 Comments on Incomplete

Strange Jewel, Quiet Creature

The jewel no one fights over, the companion no one wants.

Posted byMarushkaMay 15, 2020May 14, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:compassion, Emily Dickinson, gift, grief, grieving, healing, love, pain, regret, understanding2 Comments on Strange Jewel, Quiet Creature

Time of Small Things

They’re everywhere. No, it’s not a horror story – just an observation.

Posted byMarushkaMay 12, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:details, environment, inspiration, ludwig bemelman, madeline, map, routine, sanity, small things, values2 Comments on Time of Small Things

When Life Gives You Melons

This morning I got a surprise. I thought I was getting a melon. Due to the early hour, I confused the two.

Posted byMarushkaMay 9, 2020May 6, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:absurd, breakfast, food, fruit, humor, life, melon, summer, surprise8 Comments on When Life Gives You Melons

A Chance of Ten Times the Experience

How much experience am I going to gain from this whole pandemic thing?

Posted byMarushkaMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:coronavirus, covid-19, experience, gaming, leveling up, old school runescape, osrs, pandemic, XP2 Comments on A Chance of Ten Times the Experience

Remembering Resilience

Today – quarantine notwithstanding – you have a guest.

Posted byMarushkaMay 6, 2020May 6, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:catastrophe, change, coronavirus, covid-19, encouragement, growth, inspiration, life, memory, quarantine, resilience2 Comments on Remembering Resilience

Porch Swing Time

When humanity meets the first time traveler, they will just have woken from a high summer nap on a porch swing.

Posted byMarushkaMay 5, 2020April 30, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:family, front porch, inspiration, kool-aid, life, Midwest, naps, porch swing, summer, time2 Comments on Porch Swing Time

The Great Wall of Text

If I can say less – why fight it?

Posted byMarushkaMay 4, 2020April 29, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:communication, editing, Poetry, writing, writing tips9 Comments on The Great Wall of Text

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