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Reading Another Murder Mystery
I savor the heft of the hardback, a whisper of pages turning, knowing that there will be justice, evil outsmarted, gore scrubbed away by the last chapter and guilt uncovered, no long echo of hate in the news.
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FOR THE LOVE OF LIBRARIES
The first library I recall was near my grandparents’ house in Harmony, RI, where the library was housed in the rear of the fire department building. The last time I was in Harmony, though, I was relieved to see that all the books had wandered across the street to what once was the elementary school…
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In Praise of Index Cards
By now you know that I read a lot. But you probably don’t know how I struggle to retain some sense of what I’ve read. Sometimes I comment in my daily journal, sometimes add pages to a notebook dedicated to writing advice, sometimes I make a quasi library card and add it to my index…
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Getting Serious
After much thought, I’m changing my ways. I’ve deactivated Twitter and LinkedIn, tried to get rid of my personal Face Book page (not a simple task, but I’ll keep trying), all in the interest of using my time better. I’ll leave my Karen Douglass Author page intact, as it might be useful to those who…
Karen Douglass, Author 