This time of year is all about gifts and giving. But is it about receiving?

I said to a friend yesterday that I’d rather give something away, that I’d rather feel the pleasure of giving than to feel cheated in selling it at a yard sale.

At one time, I had bought a number of [...]

For three days we have had spring–a condition in South Carolina that often lasts only for days between winter and summer. In spring I can leave my windows open at night and sleep under a ceiling fan just cool enough to snuggle under one light quilt. I can hear the owls and whippoorwills in the [...]

It’s not such a big thing, but I was interviewed last week and was even quoted in a story on US News and World Report. This is another second of my fifteen minutes of fame, and it feels good!

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/online-education/2010/03/25/8-big-mistakes-online-students-make.html

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In my neglected flower boxes, violets are blooming. I didn’t plant them. They sprang up of their own accord, like a gift from the Universe.

Violets are my favorite flower for its deep purple petals, its gold beard and its persistence as beautiful wildflower that commands its own pesticides to be eradicated from the pristine [...]

The previous post is password protected as a way to share writing for critique without publishing it.  The password is “writenow” if you want to see instructions for making a password protected post.

These instructions are for a science fiction contest I am sponsoring on Linked in with the Write On Networkers group.  It would [...]