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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 26

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Mary Beth Frezon

You want an ars poetica? I’ll give you ars poetic! And your little dog too and a host of golden daffodils! Continue reading →

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I didn’t have a single *&^% left… until I did!

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

This is a totally off the wall suggestion but I give it based on my own experience. You know how we laugh with a friend or groups that we’re “just outta fucks to give”? Continue reading →

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Painting while Poem-ing

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Yesterday was Day 19 of 19 of doing at least one watercolor each day during National Poetry Writing Month and I’m sticking with it. When doing a month-long writing thing, I have found it nearly impossible to paint so that … Continue reading →

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The Gettysburg Address

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Perhaps we could all take a moment to read this aloud, and to think of what the words meant then, and mean today. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived … Continue reading →

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Something Only I Knew?

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Mary Beth Frezon

If you’re like me, you often sneak off to Urban Dictionary and Google to uncover what various shorthand acronyms mean. I usually take a stab at figuring them out myself before looking. Sometimes I’m right, sometimes my guess is far … Continue reading →

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