Category: My writing
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ELAN Blog Sabbatical…
ELAN Blog is taking a brief “sabbatical,” even though it is unpaid, while I dedicate this week to revising draft three of novel number two. Thanks for continuing to read this WordPress Monday post and Friday quote and my Substack Wednesday essays if you subscribe to those. You’ll find fresh words and thoughts on all…
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Beautiful Is…
Beautiful is the northern landscape, trees aflame with the color of dying leaves. Those same trees will soon reach to the winter sun, their bare arms twisted and strong, ready to take on a sheath of ice and snow. Beautiful is the first pale green leaf bud poking through, soon to be joined in a…
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It’s Not That Complicated…
Today I offer you a brief opinion piece I wrote during a recent writing class. The prompt was “It’s not that complicated,” and we were given twenty minutes to write. While I could embellish, clean up and tighten the writing, I am merely posting it here to illustrate the power of quick writing to a…
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Welcome to the Improv…
I am thankful for the smiling faces that fill my screen for morning writing times and evening class times. Unlike most people, I am not so over zoom. Virtual meeting spaces are where I hang with like-minded folks. Last week, a handful of us listened, wrote and shared words in a generative writing class. Below…
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ELAN Blog becomes PattyMayeuxBlog
A few years back I hosted a blog based on 10 principles by which I strive to guide my day to day decisions and behaviors. ELAN stands for Elevating Life Attitudes Now. You can read more about the 10 principles here. The PattyMayeuxBlog will include those principles as well as notes on my personal journey…
Patty Mayeux Blog 