Solace in a Book

Guest Post: Laura Rodley “Smoking”

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I've been trying to write a post on giving up something for Lent, but I am still working on it.  Smoking is something I've given up a number of times. Here, Laura Rodley captures why it attracts, rather than repels.   Smoking My father’s brand Pall Malls, hands off steering wheel to light his, then flick off searing leaves that stuck to his lip, happened each trip sixty miles per hour, I worried we’d flip   over, he contentedly pressed the … [Read more...]

Ambivalence, being judge-y, and links

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Yesterday on the local talk show from Chicago, Windy City Live, I heard it’s almost been the coldest average February in Chicago since the late 1800s or something—we’re only missing it by a degree or two.  It’s a record I don’t care if we break. Ambivalence – it’s a quality I am trying to develop, especially as it applies to wanting something too much. Well, at least that’s what I think this morning. That’s because last night I read Amy Poehler’s book Yes Please and in the … [Read more...]

Looking for you

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Hey there; happy Monday. Looking at my Twitter and Facebook feeds, it seems many of you are a little cranky.  So sorry. I know how you feel. Is is winter that's getting you down?  Well, there are only 25 days until spring. I just want to remind you that I am always looking to share your writing or art on this site, especially if it is solace-y.  I don't ask for previously unpublished work, just work you own the rights to.  Maybe  you have  some  writing that has appeared … [Read more...]