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Happy 2020: clear vision and vague intentions

12/31/2019 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

It’s the last blog of the year so it feels like it should be important. But it isn’t. Sorry. No big news to report. No ambitious resolutions to tell you about. As my friend Tena Russ posted on FB, “I don’t have resolutions. I have vague intentions.” I did have a poem published in December; if you want to check it out, visit Dodging the Rain and read "When I said I love you." Disclaimer: it isn't very jolly. 2020. I guess if anything, I will take the year literally and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2020, Auld Lang Syne, Chicago, Dodging the Rain, Ellen Beals, Ellen Wade Beals, Happy New Year!, Photography, Poetry, Robert Burns, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, vague intentions, Weighed Words, When I said I love you

Glimpse of solace: Hope in a cookie

12/31/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy New Year! As always, I wish you PEACE, LOVE, and SOLACE … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: 2017, Ellen Wade Beals, fortune, fortune cookie, Happy New Year!, hope in a cookie, Photography, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Glimpse of Solace: Happy New Year

01/01/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: 2015, Ellen Wade Beals, Happy New Year!, Photography, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Tick tock

01/01/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Tick tock © Ellen Wade Beals, 2012 Happy New Year! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, essays, fiction, Happy 2013!, Happy New Year!, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

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