Category Archives: dreams

Book Launch: Naked in Public

In the early early days of my blog (December 2012), children’s author Christi Zellerhoff answered The Questions. Well, apparently she has kept up with my ramblings (isn’t that nice?) and contacted me late last month to see if I’d be … Continue reading

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Banned Books Week 2015

Hi. My name is dSavannah, and I read banned books. And I’m helping celebrate / promote (demote?) / raise awareness for Banned Books Week, which was created in 1982 by the American Library Association (ALA), which reports that more than … Continue reading

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Reconstruction

I can imagine that turning into a butterfly hurts. Not so much the cocooning – the wrapping yourself up in a warm dark place – But waking, blinking and disoriented, in a different state – every fundamental thing about you … Continue reading

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The Questions with Samantha Bryant: writer

As you probably have (not) noticed, I haven’t been blogging (again). I’ve been dealing with my health issues, and trying to sleep, and crying a lot. But that’s not why we’re here today, and I’ll tell you about that in … Continue reading

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The Questions with Chuck Walsh: writer

A long time ago (late 2012) and far away (Arkansas), I worked for a publisher doing book editing. I got assigned a baseball book by this dude named Chuck Walsh. And, except for my childhood crush on the Braves, I … Continue reading

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Y is for…

…Yearning All of us have these things we want desperately, that we yearn for. And of course, those yearnings change as we get older. Or not. For instance, a yearning I have had since high school was to own a … Continue reading

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W is for…

…Widdershins What in the heck is “widdershins”, you’re probably asking? Well, according to the book of the same name by Charles de Lint (my other Very Favorite Author), “to walk ‘widdershins’ is to walk counterclockwise or backward around something. It’s … Continue reading

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