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Rainy days and difficult teachers

09/06/2018 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

It’s been rainy for days here in Chicago. Fortunately I’ve had a good book to keep me occupied and which I recommend. It’s Night Hawks by Charles Johnson (Scribner, 2018). It is a collection of stories. Many of the stories start with an epigraph. The story “Welcome to Wedgewood” begins with a quote from an Associated Press news item and one from Kahlil Gibran. It is this latter one that has occupied my thoughts so I share it with you. Peace, love, and solace I … [Read more...]

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Guest Blog: Joan Corwin, Nancy Megan Corwin

10/29/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Today’s guest blog is by sisters: Solace in So Many Words contributor Joan Corwin and Nancy Megan Corwin who is a jewelry artist/metalsmith from the Seattle area. Each year since 2004, Facèré  Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle puts on Signs of Life, a contemporary jewelry art show and companion jewelry art catalog/literary journal. The show features work by nine artists. The catalog/literary journal pairs these jewelry artists with ten writers in a unique publication.  This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Anthology, Building a Business Building a Life, Dancing with Bear, Ellen Wade Beals, Facere Jewelry and Gallery, jewelry artist, Joan Corwin, Karen Lorene, Nancy Megan Corwin, prose, Seattle, Signs of Life, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The ABeCeDarian, Weighed Words

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