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April 2012 I took my first long train trip to see my son in California. Actually, it was the first time I had been west of the Mississippi. I had lived in Illinois, Michigan, and North Carolina. I had friends and family in Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Vermont, Maine and New York. This trip was…
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If I Were A Flower
If I were a flower I would be a sunflower. A sunflower is open facing the sun, always looking outward. Being tall reaching farther up than other flowers. I am not tall and have wondered what it would be like never needing a stool to reach something. Being tall the sunflower was given the gift…
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Wandering Through The Garden
Wandering Through The Garden from Hat Tree to Bottle Bush the Garden Greets the Beginning of Spring the Early Pre-Spring Riser Narcissus Jonquil Stands Tall Knows her Beauty the Sun Warms the Plants as the Bright Yellow Jasmine Blooms Primrose Bursts Open Below the Tulips Speak Cheerfully Flaming Parrot to the Angelique Fringe Apollo Dutch…
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In A Valley In The Woods
Sitting on a mossy rock I can feel the cool through my pants. Next to the rock runs a stream. I hear the soft splashing as the clear glistening water flows over rocks. I hear a fly or bee buzz past enjoying its travels through the serene. The muddy floor of the stream is a…
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Old Cabin In The Hills
Leaves have fallentrees are bare.She sits alonetucked between the hills. He built her strongstanding the test of time.She holds him safeprotected from rain and wind. Lazy creek wanders pastshe listens to melodic rippling.Providing a meal maybequenching thirst. He is old nowlife has ended.She stands alonea sad and lonely sight. Cars pass byno one notices.Once a…
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Greetings!
I am so glad you are here to join me on my writing journey. I have been a writer for the past fifty years. discovering my passion for writing when I was in college. I am a professional naturalist having led hikes and taught classes in city, state and national parks in Illinois, Michigan, and Vermont. My essays have been inspired by my travels across the United Stated and Canada. I am a mother of five and grandmother of five who are also the subject of many writings. Cozy up with one of my books of essays or connect to my memoir which is written knowing there are wives and mothers who have traveled down the same bumpy road that I have navigated.
I look forward to you following me on my writing journey. Mary
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Poetry – Ninth Letter (print journal), Harbor Review (online journal), Split Lip Magazine (online journal), Bennington Review (online & print), Foglifter (print LBGTQIA+)
Fiction – Ecotone (print journal), Normal School (print journal), Adroit Journal (online journal), Hunger Mountain (online journal), One Story (print journal)
Nonfiction – Zyzzyva (print journal), Brick (print magazine), Emergence (print magazine), Agni (print journal), Hobart (print magazine)
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