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Category Archives: family
GNU Pat Conroy
On Friday, the world lost another great voice with the death of author Pat Conroy, who passed away of pancreatic cancer at age 70, just four weeks after his diagnosis. When I read the news about the cancer, I knew … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, age, author, books, childhood, depression, dreams, family, fear, fiction, history, making a difference, memory, mental illness, shining a light, the dark places
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#FictionFriday: In Another Era
In another era, I died at this age. When I died, I was an old woman – my hair lank and heavy, my face seamed and lined from sun and wind and from squinting into both, my joints swollen and … Continue reading
Posted in #FictionFriday, childhood, community, family, fiction, hard work, history, writing
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#FictionFriday: The Family Business
dSavannah note: Thank you to all of twelve of you {per my site stats} who stopped by last week and read my first entry for #FictionFriday. I really appreciate it, more than you know. I also appreciate your comments. Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in #FictionFriday, animals, author, dreams, family, fantasy, mystery, myth, writing
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Diving deep into mental illness
Hi. My name is dSavannah and I suffer from mental illness. Specifically, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and OCD tendencies. I’ve talked about my issues before, but I felt compelled to address them again in a specific blog post, because I just … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, age, childhood, community, depression, dreams, family, fear, giving to others, health, hell, illness, insomnia, making a difference, mental illness, perseverance, shining a light, the dark places
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dSavannah’s Holiday Gift Guide
Well, it’s that time of year: the holidays. And yes, I say holidays, because it could be any number of them for you: Kwaanza, Hanukkah, Christmas, Ramadan, etc. Plus, if you’re in the Western Hemisphere, you celebrate the New Year. … Continue reading
Posted in art, artist, books, community, family, friends, giving to others, love
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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
GNU Vivian Branden
Vivian Branden is my beautiful grandmother. She left this mortal coil on June 22 of this year, and it’s taken me this long to be able to write about her. And I’m fairly certain whatever I write this day will … Continue reading
