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Glimpse of solace: Love makes the world

07/15/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

  Vacation will be over next week, but with the crazy world events, I want to extend to you: Peace, love, and solace … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Heart, hug, kindness, love, Peace, Photography, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Hug it out

01/21/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Today I am happy to post "The Kiss-Me-Quick," a story by Rochelle Distelheim, which I first fell for when it appeared in the Visiting Hours anthology put out by Press 53. I'm happy to say that Rochelle and I are in the same writing group so I have had the privilege of reading her work for some years now. It's been enough years that I have read her novel Jerusalem As a Second Language, witnessed how it was crafted to win the 2012 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Brendan Coudal, cats hugging, Ellen Wade Beals, fragility of life, Friendship, hug, National Hug Day, Rochele Distelheim, shoe-shopping, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, thanks, The Kiss-Me-Quick, Weighed Words

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