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Waking Up Macrina Wiederkehr is a writers whose writing inspires me to practice the art of waking up. Though everyone needs a good night’s sleep, everyone also needs to practice waking up.  I’m an eager and early riser. Though I like going to sleep, I like waking up and starting a new day too. My…

Starting Out Every blog I write begins with an idea in my head and a blank page. Then, the abstract and intangible become words that create sentences and the sentences become paragraphs and finally, the blank page is filled with a concrete and complete concept.   Blogging was not my idea, rather a suggestion made to…

Follow Through I know that the action of following through is important. For example, when free throwing at the free throw line in basketball, a player needs to carry out the shot even after the ball has left their hand. The follow through involves leaving the arms extended and the wrists slightly bent. Following through…

Writers Who Influence I sometimes wonder why I became a writer. Who impacted my life in such a way that influenced my life for the rest of my life?  Though no one else in my family has written a book, two women in particular, I believe, convinced me that the written word is powerful. These…