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An Artist Writes Memoir: Joan Z. Rough’s “Scattering Ashes”

An Artist Writes Memoir: Joan Z. Rough’s “Scattering Ashes”

by MarianBeaman | Sep 21, 2016 | blog, Education, Literature, Memory, Uncategorized

Introducing Joan I met Joan Z. Rough on Chincoteague Island in February 2015, having become blog buddies months earlier. When we met on this writers’ retreat, Joan was using the Scrivener tool to revise and edit the manuscript for a memoir of the 7-year slice of her...

Purple Passages: Rich Word$

by MarianBeaman | Jan 17, 2015 | Lists, Purple Passage, Quotations, Reflection, Uncategorized

On December 29, author/blogger Joan Rough published a post declaring her optimistic intentions for 2015 and pondering a single word to characterize this new year while contemplating words of wisdom used other years. Some choices she suggested: Believe, Dare, Trust,...

Accepting the Red Heart: One Lovely Blog Award

by MarianBeaman | Dec 3, 2014 | Award, Education, Gratitude, Uncategorized

Remember getting a gold or silver star on your homework papers in grade school? Well, writers who read each other’s blog posts do something similar – they nominate those they admire for the One Lovely Blog Award. It’s not a gold star. It’s a...

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