Author Archives: Mary Beth Frezon

Day 20 NaPoWriMo 2022

There was much on my mind today and I was reminded and tried to remind myself that we can’t all fix all the problems of the world. If you save one life it is as though you have saved the … Continue reading →

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Day 19 NaPoWriMo 2022

Last night around ten the wind started howling, something wet started hitting the windows and before you knew it, snow! Well, the weather guys had been salivating over this nor’easter so it wasn’t too big a surprise but still. My … Continue reading →

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Day 18 NaPoWriMo 2022

Today was warm, sort of. The morning was a write off. I drove over to New Lebanon and stopped at Hand Hollow. Things looked brown and green seemed far off even thouogh it’s *right there* – so close. Not yet. … Continue reading →

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Day 17 NaPoWriMo 2022 – Haiku Day

I am calling it a rest day, since I was out and around and ate way too much for dinner tonight. Here are the haiku that I mushed together with minor massaging into yesterday’s sonnet: april seventeen easter, pesach, ramadan … Continue reading →

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Day 16 NaPoWriMo 2022

The NaPoWriMo prompt suggested we “write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, … Continue reading →

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