Category Archives: Creative Spirits

Being a California Writer

Posted on October 14, 2017 by helenscribe

It’s tough enough being a writer anywhere these days, what with Universal Education and every pipsqueak with the skills to lambaste you for the use, or misuse of the Oxford comma. Going through the same batch of prose 100 times, … Continue reading →

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Deaf Post

Posted on September 2, 2016 by helenscribe

Being deaf or partially so: IT’S NOT OUR FAULT. We would change if we could, and we can with the best hearing aids. Continue reading →

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Sailing into Summer

Posted on June 18, 2016 by helenscribe

If you’ve passed over the Golden Gate bridge on a Sunday afternoon around 2pm  you’ve seen my first love. The sight of sailboats leaving harbor with the wind in their sails–it always thrills me. I’ve sailed small boats, in the … Continue reading →

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The Color Pink

Posted on April 4, 2016 by helenscribe

When you pick a vision you have to be unreasonable. It’s the only way.
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The Times A-Changing For Kindle

Posted on February 23, 2016 by helenscribe

Originally posted on Libby Cole:
Change is coming to Kindle! This is particularly big news for romance readers and writers, because damn, we get through so many books that most of us are eReader addicts. ? I know, change is…

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Tanks & a Sewing Machine

Posted on February 22, 2016 by helenscribe

We lodged briefly upstairs near London’s Highgate Hill during those fraught wartime days. From the bedroom window I could see a pub on the corner where the road turned. Downstairs lived the landlady who complained of our footsteps going up … Continue reading →

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For Those who Served

Posted on November 10, 2015 by helenscribe

For veterans and those who served in the hopes that others wouldn’t have to, a vote of thanks doesn’t seem quite enough. Take a just and honest pride in having paid a debt to a country that has given so … Continue reading →

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Clutter or Visual Triggers?

Posted on October 16, 2015 by helenscribe

When I tried to explain a recent technical problem to a visual but orderly friend, it was completely over her head, and I realized something vital. Visual people (un-math) actually think differently than techies (geeks). Really. It’s not just “don’t … Continue reading →

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Art on a tuk tuk

Posted on September 7, 2015 by helenscribe

Photo post. How gloriously the art of India deals with the transport “problem” !!!   Source: Art on a tuk tuk

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An Elephant’s Blessing

Posted on September 5, 2015 by helenscribe

Source: An Elephant’s Blessing

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