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Mylene Dressler's Blog – August 2010 Archive (4)
What Am I Doing Here?
I meet Dale at the trailhead to Flat Pass. The rains have churned the trail to pieces. Our dogs run ahead of us, open-mouthed, instant friends. They plunge down the hill toward the creek. Dale walks with a dryer sheet tucked like a television make-up tissue into her collar, to keep the flies off. Dale knows unexpected things. For years she worked for the FBI, one of the first group of 35 women to be hired and trained as agents by the Bureau. In those days her neck was draped with gold and… Continue
Added by Mylene Dressler on August 25, 2010 at 4:53pm — No Comments
On Noticing Small Things
On noticing small things: If you haven't done this lately, do it. The world is an astonishment, a golden coin always jingling in our pockets: whenever you want you can take it out and marvel at its richness.
And you are a part of it. You are of the same value. There is the elaborate beadwork of your own skin, there is the perfect array of your eyelashes (bat your eyes, feel them), there are the textures of the things your eyes fall on, some of them as fine as your own skin, even… Continue
And you are a part of it. You are of the same value. There is the elaborate beadwork of your own skin, there is the perfect array of your eyelashes (bat your eyes, feel them), there are the textures of the things your eyes fall on, some of them as fine as your own skin, even… Continue
Added by Mylene Dressler on August 24, 2010 at 10:04am — 4 Comments
Widows and Orphans
I have a confession to make: there is something I do prior to beginning a new writing project that is totally unnecessary, but that I do out of purely ritualistic fervor, that I do because I've been doing it since I first began writing, and that I do because it signals to my brain: You are about to write. You are about to begin. You are about to travel a path you have traveled many times before and love well, but is exciting and frightening for all that. Gather yourself in. Take a… Continue
Added by Mylene Dressler on August 9, 2010 at 8:32am — 4 Comments
My Wheel is in the Dark
Friends, I thought I'd share with you the words that have sustained me this week, both as a writer and as a human being. The lines below are from Emily Dickinson. I tend to turn to Dickinson when I'm seeking quiet inspiration, or simple fortitude. Her Complete Poems are such a rich source. I usually find exactly what I need. These are the… Continue
Added by Mylene Dressler on August 6, 2010 at 7:57am — 2 Comments
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