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Usually a cardinal starts off. Then the sparrows pipe up, a dove chimes in, and a pair of wrens have their say. They’re all atwitter, it seems, that daybreak repeats itself. Outside my bedroom…
The first words of a story matter, and the first pages matter a lot. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” according to Oscar Wilde, Will Rogers, or Head &…
The short answer: LedaCunningham.com. The longer answer . . . Six months ago I sent Greetings into the world like a kite, tossing it up to the internet sky and watching the wind take it…
January ends in a bomb cyclone weather event. Also: “Winter storm to blanket Southeast with snow.” This tracks for me on a personal level. If ever a bomb and a blanket could be used…
When my kids and I moved to North Carolina ten years ago, we needed to put down roots quickly. I was a suicide widow and single mom with a travel-heavy job; they were five-…
Six bins of Christmas decorations erupted into the living room last night. My son brought them down from storage as I whirled around the house collecting residual items of orange, brown, and yellow, making…
When people ask “How’s the writing going?” I smile. Inside, I twirl and beam. “I’m in love with a wonderful guy!” from the musical South Pacific plays in my mind (for the uninitiated, there are four…
With the recent anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29th, a day that also marks the anniversary of my husband’s death by suicide, I can’t help but see parallels for those left behind in…
Hi! This is my first Substack post. I’ve always loved to write and now I’m committing to myself, and to you, to publish something meaningful once a month. Like my annual New Years card…