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At 7:34am on January 3, 2009, Rose Wolfe said…: Hi sis!!

At 7:01am on January 3, 2009, Chuck Stromme said…: Hello Stephanie and welcome to WriteNow!

This is so great. What I know of you (all good, btw) is second hand from your lovin' dad. Now I (it's all about me, right?) get to know a little bit first hand. Just like they say at McDonald's, I'm lovin' it.

As we grow here this site will become far less Chuck-centric and more writer-centric, a place to nurture all writers. A place to write regardless of genre or gender. It's already happening. I would have started out that way but I didn't know how. I didn't really give it that much thought until I started worrying that people wouldn't participate if they thought this site was about me. It isn't, of course. What I want is the feeling that it's about you. That way - if I'm guessing right - you'll feel safe to write about whatever is important to you. That's what I want, anyway, even if I stumble getting there.

Thank you for joining us here. It's takes a touch of courage to join, I think. After all, writers are vulnerable, at least it feels that way. But where there is risk there is also reward. The rewards aren't easy to quantify but they're there, from just getting it off your chest to entertaining and enlightening your readers.

I hope you'll spend some time here and write with us. I've got a lot to learn from you.

Chuck

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A Friend for Melissa

(I am submitting an entry from another blog I maintain dedicated to my daughter who has autism...planetmelissa.blogspot.com)

A Friend for Melissa

It is not entirely true that Melissa is perfectly happy all alone, although it does seem that way, the way she hides out in her room most of the time. Even at Christmas time she waited until the general chaos had subsided and opened her presents solitarily. I have wished for her to make… Continue

Posted on January 23, 2009 at 10:10pm — 3 Comments

French Bistro

I ate lunch with my co-workers at a quaint little place the other day. "The Black Rabbit" is tucked away between a coffee shop and a ladies beauty supply store, near a bustling Market of Choice, but when you step into the cafe' you are suddenly in Paris. The decor is sleek and art deco. The tables are cozy and the menu is out of the ordinary. I smiled as I tried to imagine how to pronounce the French names of the salads, sandwiches and soups. I smiled even more when my eye fell on the appetizer… Continue

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 9:43pm — 4 Comments

Parenting Classes?

I faced my abuser in court on Monday. Six months have passed since I was there last, obtaining a restraining order against him and his relentless assaults against me and my children. Included in the restraining order were provisions for him to see the children, weekly, under supervision. Abuser declined to participate in any visits to children until quite recently, when he began the required

individual counseling and support group participation required by the restraining order. Although… Continue

Posted on January 7, 2009 at 3:39am — 4 Comments

Be Glad You Were Not Fathered by James Augustus Henry Murray

I am reading a fascinating book (thank you Marc) called "the mother tongue, english and how it got that way" by Bill Bryson. How he manages to make this rather dry topic enthralling, amusing, and even suspenseful I don't quite know, but I have had a hard time putting it down.

I just finished the segment which chronicles the staggering project undertaken by the dutiful bank clerk, James Augustus Henry Murray, namely, the Oxford English Dictionary. He began editing this… Continue

Posted on January 4, 2009 at 2:07pm — 2 Comments

"What Happens If?"

My thoughts today are swirling around with the oddities of the six-year old mind. My little boy, James, often opens up fascinating topics with the query "What Happens If..."

For instance, in line at the car wash... "What Happens If I go through the car wash without the car?" Or how about this one... "What Happens If you try to live at Fred Meyer's?"

"What Happens if I fall in the toilet? Will my brain get sucked out my bottom?" (Obviously he has not heard the Mister Rogers song, "You… Continue

Posted on January 3, 2009 at 4:41pm — 3 Comments