Mary!

Everything that happens here happened in real life first.

I’m presently volunteering as a cook at a Lutheran retreat center in the Cascades of Washington state.

I don’t have to travel for inspiration, but it tends to help.

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Wow. This little piece of writing is really rad. I am very happy that you stayed. Thank you for celebrating our wedding with us.

Comment by Lauryl Wagoner | February 3, 2010
Use your imagination: A blog like a radio show! Just close your “eyes” and imagine you’re there… But don’t close your real eyes or else that’s like covering your ears if you’re listening to a radio show… which can be cool if you cover and uncover your ears really quickly.

Comment by Sea Urchin | March 4, 2010
Good Stuff, Mary.

I hope you keep posting here. Hope to see a new post soon.
-Robert

Comment by Robert Burns | August 18, 2010
Mary:

Matthew and I made it back to Iowa and are back in the midst of catch up mode. It was good to meet you and talk with you at the Lodge.

I read some of your writing – very good. It reminds me some of Edgar Lee Master’s Spoon River Anthology. Especially liked “first salmon on a fly rod.”

Enjoy New Zeland! Later,

Paul Leavenworth

Comment by paul leavenworth | August 26, 2010
Mary,

It was great meeting you up at WPL in late July – you have lived an amazing life for someone so young! Keep it up, enjoy New Zealand, and PARTICULARLY never stop writing – you have a superb and unique voice, something one rarely reads these days. I was so amazed you had actually read Henri Nouwen, a favorite of mine; hope you didn’t find my own scribblings overly offensive.
Mike

Comment by mike mercer | August 26, 2010
Could you please e-mail me so, I can e-mail you back with the parade details? Thanks- Jenny

Comment by jennyfillmer | March 14, 2011