Luminations

a glimpse of my authentic life

Flash Truth and Fiction

Flash Truth and Fiction

At various times during this past month, I found myself contemplating things I’d heard or read—some offering perceptions that differed from my own, others offering flashes of insight inspired by new slants on old perspectives that for me felt true. See what you think…

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A WriterFriend, A Memory, and Harry

A WriterFriend, A Memory, and Harry

The latest novel by Tommy Hays, who I’ve crossed paths with for decades as part of the Asheville writing community, came out late last month. It’s called The Marriage Bed. For various reasons, I mostly read audiobooks these days, except when hunkering down with “real” books written by literary writerfriends…

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Reading By Ear

Reading By Ear

In case you haven’t already figured it out, I’m talking audiobooks. It’s a controversial subject for many like me who love the turn of a deckle-edged page, an exquisite cover, elegant interior design, the comfort of a well-fingered volume lying by my bedside, bookmark in…

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Edmund Blair Leighton painting -Abelard and his Pupil Heloise

A Love Apart: No Ordinary Love Story

A Love Apart is a novel close to my heart. In its various incarnations, it took me ten years to write. I was trying to tell a story based on a deep soul connection I’d recognized decades ago with someone I’d known through many lifetimes. Yet, I couldn’t find a way to fictionalize it…

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