A Rose by Any Other Name...
Image: A rose from our garden. Just about everyone knows the line "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," from Romeo and Juliet....
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The Art of Storytelling
jrblackburnsmith
- Sep 7
- 3 min
One Hundred and Ten
Image: I have no idea. I asked AI for an image based on 110. Tomorrow is Grandparents Day in Hallmark world. I've always disdained made...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Love for Sale
Image: Cover photo of Love: A novel of grief and desire I promised last week that I would have exciting news to share about Love. Well,...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Aug 25
- 4 min
Storytelling
Image: Not my hands, not my typewriter. I've spent this summer working towards a new project. For me, that means jumping back and forth...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Aug 17
- 3 min
Becoming
Image: The nearly full moon rising over pink clouds, August 16, 2024 Some days it feels like everyone is striving to become something...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Aug 10
- 3 min
The Power of Words
Image: Melissa Etheridge in concert, August 3, 2024 Last week, Denise I and saw Melissa Etheridge and Jewel in concert at the Rose Music...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Jul 22
- 3 min
Colorblind!
Image: Can you see the number in this image? Neither can I! I started wearing glasses when I was six. I was severely near-sighted, with...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Jun 28
- 3 min
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Image: Two alleged ghosts (or folks wearing drapes on their heads.) One of the great joys of summer, in my childhood, was the opportunity...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Jun 15
- 3 min
Bee Swarm!
Image: A swarm of honeybees rest in a tree Thursday evening, when I pulled into my driveway, I saw what looked like a laptop computer...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Jun 1
- 3 min
Arrested!
Image: Stock photo of police cruisers Last week I wrote about being an adult child of an alcoholic, from generations of alcoholics, and...
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jrblackburnsmith
- May 25
- 3 min
Bear Hunt!
Image: a bear I am an adult child of an alcoholic. In fact, I come from generations of alcoholics. My father broke that cycle when he...
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jrblackburnsmith
- May 11
- 3 min
Northern Lights
Image: The night sky over my backyard on May 10, 2024 Last night, the Northern Lights were visible over central Ohio and the view was...
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jrblackburnsmith
- May 4
- 4 min
Free-range (Feral?) Children
Image: a creek (pronounced 'crick' in the Springfield, Ohio dialect) I just celebrated a birthday this week which gave me license to...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Apr 30
- 2 min
Handstands All Around!
Image: Rooster taking his daily constitutional. Yes, that is how he pees. Have you ever had such a great day that you just wanted to do...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Apr 20
- 3 min
NIMBY
Image: My bookshelf which is not in my backyard I'm not a big believer in the Not In My Backyard movement, but sometimes you have to put...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Words Fail Me
Image: words I did not write As a writer, I do not believe in writer's block. Even with this blog, which is for me the hardest type of...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Remember When...?
Image: Sometime in the 1960s. The unreliable narrator is a common trope in fiction. While it can be done very well, I often see it used...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Mar 24
- 3 min
Happy Birthday!
Image: Dick Smith, sometime around 2012 Friday, March 22, would have been my dad's --Dick Smith's-- 89th birthday. He died in 2016. My...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Mar 16
- 3 min
It's Not the Groundhog, It's the Birds
Image: the Red Wing Blackbird I always laugh at Groundhog Day and the idea that the little varmint can predict an early spring. It...
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jrblackburnsmith
- Mar 9
- 4 min
Playing with Food
Do you remember, when you were a kid, playing with your food? I can remember shaping mashed potatoes into a mountain and digging a hole...
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