Tag: beryl singleton bissell
member name: Beryl Singleton Bissell
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July 23, 2008 10:55 PM EDT --
Roses. This is a true story told in 10 minutes in response to kathryn's wedneday writing essentials prompt.
In 1996, I was at a writing retreat in one of the most scenic spots along Lake Superior’s . . .
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April 29, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
I'd love to be surrounded by warm and caring Gatherers when I go on tour to read and sign books in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco, so, if you live nearby or have relatives and/or friends . . .
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June 15, 2006 01:47 PM EDT --
I wrote this article specifically for a new group called Minnesota Readers but am posting it to everyone at Gather as I'm currently engaged in a publicity tour for my new book, The Scent of God. . . .
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June 19, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
I returned from the Minneapolis jubilant but tired. My mind had spun into overtime during this portion of the publication tour for my book The Scent of God. Overwhelmed by publicity efforts, my calendar . . .
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May 28, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I love this little book and I’m not a knitter. I knit but how can someone who's spent more than two years trying to knit one hat -- call themselves a knitter? I do love knitters and knitted things. . . .
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May 25, 2008 07:03 PM EDT --
Within three days of my return home last week – after two and half years of practically nonstop traveling since my book, The Scent of God , was released -- I saw two moose lounging off Highway . . .
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June 18, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Dear Mom,
I know, I know. You warned me about this again and again . . . the image you hoped I'd never project. The "look" that would give others (namely "him's") . . .
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June 25, 2008 02:53 PM EDT --
This is 10 minute fiction based on Wednesday Writing Essential's prompt photo taken by Kathryn Esplin-Oleski. I've never visited Montreal and never had this experience but I do like to travel . . .
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July 16, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
Some people have a fear of public places, others fear public speaking, while yet others fear speaking on the phone. I fear none of those things. What I fear is getting the mail.
My fears . . .
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July 23, 2008 09:52 PM EDT --
I was in Duluth last week, running all those errands that a 168 mile round-trip drive demands, when I decided that I also needed to take a walk. I headed for the city's harbor walk that stretches along . . .
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September 19, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
Drinking from the Saucer by Charlene C. Duline is a fascinating memoir of a strong-headed, devout, and idealistic young black American woman who was among the first volunteers to join the Peace . . .
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April 14, 2009 10:33 AM EDT --
My husband Bill is noise sensitive. Sounds of traffic, noise from factories, lawn equipment and machinery drive him batsy. I, on the other hand, having spent many years in a cloistered monastery on a . . .
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April 19, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of The Scent of God, I am offering a free signed copy to each of 10 lucky winners. All you have to do is share your feelings about the book jacket after . . .
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November 08, 2006 06:10 PM EST --
Can a week have transpired since we docked in Boston and disembarked from the Jewel of the Seas, since we bid farewell to Birdie and Matt, Chris and Ryan, and all the other Gatherites and authors aboard . . .
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June 04, 2008 11:13 PM EDT --
I wanted to paint it purple, with dark wine balustrades and teal around the windows and upper gable; but my husband reneged on his promise. "Go for it Babe. Do it up your way," he'd . . .
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November 29, 2005 01:20 PM EST --
Ellie, our fat cat, sits patiently in the kitchen next to her empty bowl. She demolished four ounces of canned cat food earlier this morning. She wonders why her bowl is empty.
She looks at us, then down . . .
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June 28, 2007 11:22 PM EDT --
I’m a terrible planner. Organizing events has never been a strong point. When my children were little, even their simple birthday parties with neighborhood playmates flummoxed me. Should we play . . .
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December 15, 2005 08:17 AM EST --
I wrote this for Francesca when she was nineteen, never dreaming that, one day, I'd be using it to pay tribute at her funeral.
--Beryl Singleton Bissell
This evening, I watch you force the zipper . . .
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July 12, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
Seems like I barely get back from one event when off I go to another. I returned from San Francisco and a few days later Bill and I headed off for a Monastic Institute held at Saint John's Abbey. . . .
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July 22, 2006 09:32 PM EDT --
I come before you humbled and admonished.
My son said, "Mom, how could you?"
My husband said, "But Beryl . . ."
Sportsmen said "You didn't!"
Yes. I have sinned . . .
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