With her usual wit and humor the writer Erma Bombeck wrote, “It’s frightening to wake up one morning and discover that while you were asleep you went out of style.” Erma may have predicted her future. I went to the local used book store hoping to find at least one of her twelve books, nine […]
Tag Archives: Susanne Brent
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Nov
Nov
“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put foot in front of the other. But when books are opened you discover you have wings.” -Helen Hayes I found my wings when I discovered Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books which told the story of the adventures she and her family had as American […]
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Sep
Sep
I confess — I never liked Nebraska. When I moved from Chicago to Denver I drove several times on Interstate 80 which cuts through the flat state like a silver knife. Nebraska’s endless miles of emptiness, the monotony broken up now and then with cows, a lonely-looking farm house, rows of corn, made this city […]
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May
May
Inspiration for writers can come from many places, live theater, modern art museums, strolling in the forest, but sometimes it’s just nice to be with people who share the desire to assemble words on a page. Sitting and talking about writing, the good, the bad and the ugly, can be cathartic. Our group, titled The […]
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Mar
Mar
In the closing pages of his book Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey writes, “Whether we live or die is a matter of absolutely no concern whatsoever to the desert.” I know first-hand what Abbey means now that I have spent the past 30 years living in the desert, experiencing heat so intense it snatches away reason […]
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Feb
Feb
An awkward moment occurred during my recent tour of the author Zane Grey’s, cabin in Northern Arizona. The tour guide was asked exactly what the relationship was between the best-selling author of westerns and his female secretary. After all, the two of them spent months alone in the isolated cabin on the Mogollon Rim of […]