Monthly Archives: April 2020

“Beating Heart”

Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com/ “The best advice for a budding writer is to ignore all advice.” “A book, if it’s going to have any chance of succeeding…it’s got to be vibrant, and alive, it’s got to have … Continue reading

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Contest Alerts

Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com/ While sheltering in place has its challenges, it can be a great time to rework and polish projects that may have been hanging fire for a while. To get your creative juices flowing, … Continue reading

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Harper Helps

Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com/ “You can go to France and mention Boo Radley, and people will know who you mean.” To Kill a Mockingbird fan Today is Harper Lee’s birthday, so let’s ponder her greatest triumph for … Continue reading

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Something New

Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com/ “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”   Thomas Jefferson Such a radical, challenging idea – and yet, it makes perfect sense doesn’t it? … Continue reading

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“Charming Gardeners”

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”   Marcel Proust “Charming gardeners” — what a lovely phrase! And how perfectly it describes those caring people who support … Continue reading

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Blushing Bard

Please help KWD grow by sharing: https://karinwritesdangerously.com/ Advertising. Bloodstained. Cold-blooded. Fashionable. Hobnob. Moonbeam. New-fangled. Puking. Swagger. Worthless. Zany. Words coined by Shakespeare It’s been more than 456 years since Shakespeare put pen to paper and in honor of the day … Continue reading

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Earth Day

Please help KWD grow by sharing:  https://karinwritesdangerously.com Today is Earth Day: All around the world people are contemplating its beauty and fragility. Since it is also National Poetry Month, I wanted to share a favorite poem with you: God’s World … Continue reading

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Power Comes

Please help KWD grow by sharing:  https://karinwritesdangerously.com “The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”   Walter Bagehot, journalist and economist “When we line up all the facts we think are against us, the facts can … Continue reading

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“Daily Miracle”

Please help KWD grow by sharing:  https://karinwritesdangerously.com How to Live on 24 Hours A Day by Arnold Bennett: When this little guide from 1910 popped up in a pile of papers in my office, it naturally caught my eye. While … Continue reading

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Something Wonderful

Here is a Field Here is a field where dandelions grow, where silver sails when breezes blow. Here is a field where butterflies feed, lying their eggs on the nettles they need. Here is a field where rabbits may run … Continue reading

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