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On writing and the “busy” life

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. ~ Socrates "Temple Garden" by Paul Klee Busyness has been the order of the day for me now for quite some time, and hence, there has not been much action at...

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On fall and time and letting go

Sumac Red From time to time I come across an article about “the writing life.” Occasionally I will even read one, or parts at least. When I do, I seldom recognize much that is familiar from my own...

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Thoreau Thursday

It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms [Thoreau's Journals] greatness among writers’ journals. ~ Alfred Kazin   Here in the North Country, duck season has opened. In...

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On writing and the Underwood 319

Underwood 319 When I first began writing seriously, it was on borrowed manual typewriters… the portable kind. For those who grew up typing, not keyboarding, there is a nostalgic-comforting sound to old...

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Poem: “Ex Nihilo” by Mark Hinton

keys Poets end up writing about the writing process because they spend so much time thinking and wondering about it. It is the same reason Hollywood ends up making movies about making movies. We...

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Hugh’s Journals

The Rev. Hugh B. Jones’s Notebooks The feature Hugh’s Journals has appeared here on Sundays. For some basic background on Rev. Hugh Bebb Jones and his notebooks click here. It has been awhile since I...

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Book Review: I, The Jury by Mickey Spillane

some cover art For the past six weeks I have been re-reading the original six Mike Hammer novels beginning with his second novel, My Gun is Quick. Today I take a look at his very first novel, I, the...

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Poem: “Becalmed” by Mark Hinton

Split Rock Lighthouse Here in the North Country, April snowstorm after snowstorm had us doubting whether spring would be coming this year after all. But predictions of 60- and 70-degree days have us...

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Of fog and blogs

(iPhone photo by m.a.h. hinton) As part of the process of revamping and rebranding MontanaWriter, I have been working back through three-plus years of posts… deciding what to keep and what to leave...

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On tweeting and writing and the post-modern “bons mot”

Awhile back, after much initial resistance, I signed up for a Twitter account and began to tweet. (photo by m.a.h. hinton) I stop for a minute now and look at that sentence. For the thousandth time I...

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