Category Archives: badass-ness

NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Twenty

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

(based on a real encounter. PS it’s hard to take hair selfies…) We Both Had Braids Like wow, that’s your real hair the young woman said, having admired the color and me, having noted hers orange and pink tones recalling … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Seventeen

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

And a very happy Haiku Day! Cool April Morning wrapped her warm arms around me and bade me listen. The park: a bluebird, romantically inclined cranes, and three mergansers. the impossible yellow-green of spring’s bursting red maple blossoms. The first … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Twelve

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

Angry fearful man I did not make you so and yet you endeavor to elicit some apology or care from me while showing me how tough and unassailable you are angry and fearful man. I tend the item you regretfully … Continue reading →

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From the quote box

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

How will I ever get into the Metropolitan Museum of Art? the aspiring young artist asked a great teacher. “You can either take the Fifth Avenue bus to 81st Street,” said the teacher, “or work hard, be inspired, wait 20 … Continue reading →

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Keeping Pete’s Light Alive

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

Thanks to John McCutcheon and the fine folks at the Eighth Step for giving us all a welcome shot in the arm by remembering and letting us all sing along to some great songs of hope and resistance. Well May … Continue reading →

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