It’s true, I write to remember and to forget. Versatile, useful writing that does so much for the writer, and often and eventually, the reader. And what makes a writer? Writing. It can be a way of remembering, forgetting, playing, imagining, wondering, searching, asking, answering, corresponding, reading, soothing, and more. Write, I say, write. You can do whatever you want with it during and after.
Another from KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences.
Yet another from KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences.
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A view over the Mississippi at Dubuque, Iowa.
The Mines of Spain, Dubuque, Iowa
A lovely place to begin a new book. The backyard patio. July 2016. Rush Street, Dubuque, Iowa
Freshly picked snacks.
Inspiration from Norah Ephron the day before I began writing I am home.
I have gorgeous winter photos, too, but they are currently in storage in Iowa and I am in Barcelona.
A reader hosting her book club in Kansas next week with I am home. has known me since she was a toddler. When she sent me the club’s questions, she wrote, “You’re getting rave reviews. Someone in the book club asked me how you’re so positive after everything you’ve been through. She asked if Iowa is really that pretty. I told her it’s prettier than anyone gives it credit for. And I told her you have always seen beauty in everything and you make others appreciate things more, you have a gift. You have always been so good about living in the present and enjoying life.”
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Again from KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences. It was shocking, painful, and scary to watch the way some healthcare workers treated my parents and other elders. I love to see elderhood revered and cherished, while I know some older people still need to earn the status of mature elder. No matter our age, we deserve vital respectful healthcare, the kind that helps us stay fully alive while we are still here. Remember how being a senior in high school was cool? Let’s think about seniors in life that way, too. Seniors at living, soon-to-be graduates from the school of life. They know stuff and can teach us things. We are all at home, going home, and need help.
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This one, too, is on KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences. I love it when I learn that someone loves a sentence I considered taking out and finally left in.
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“Sometimes you have to flip things around,” this reader said when I told him I loved the handstand in the background of this shot.
I love hearing from readers who are reading near water, in the water, in between swims, doing and watching handstands. It fits the book so well.
“I just finished your I am home.,” he wrote earlier, “which I started last night in bed after years of ‘not’ reading books. It demands a lot of bravery to expose your soul this way! I liked your ‘not mentioning’ any names in this book so the focus is elsewhere. I am really astonished at what a great writer and storyteller you are! I will now surely go for your first, Lucy, go see…”
(see p.108 in the book to understand the full context of the nots in these comments)
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More from KK’s Scintillating Sentences list.
Another from KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences.
Another from KK’s Scintillating Sentences List.
Available wherever books are sold.
From KK’s list of Scintillating Sentences.
And here is one from my list of favorite songs by Robbie Robertson.
Marianne Maili 