Tag Archives: words

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Lin Ennis

I’m an avid reader, so I was stunned a few years back at a seminar in which one of the exercises was, “Write down the title of your favorite book.” The question wasn’t unusual. That I could think of only … Continue reading →

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Deep Words

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Lin Ennis

There’s nothing to writing.  All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.  ~Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith

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Words as Skin

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Lin Ennis

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought, and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used. ~ ~ ~Oliver … Continue reading →

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Words Alive

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Lin Ennis

The Dickinson children; Emily on the left. A word is dead When it is said, Some say. I say it just Begins to live That day. ~ ~ ~Emily Dickinson

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