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Investing In Your Writing
By the time you are working in the long-form format of the novel or the memoir, craft becomes the big thing. Story. Craft is what makes...

stephanieraffelock
Feb 11, 20162 min read


Settling In
The odyssey of sorting, purging and packing started in September when my husband “retired” from clinical practice. That resulted in an...

stephanieraffelock
Jun 13, 20142 min read


Garden Tools and Summer Dreams
As the experience of intense driving and motel rooms between Colorado and here recede into memory, I find that we are relaxing a more and...

stephanieraffelock
Jun 8, 20142 min read


The Characters at the Co-Op
I’ve been eating a lot of my meals at the food co-op. Fresh green drinks and kim-che, the kind of stuff that makes some of my friends...

stephanieraffelock
Jun 6, 20143 min read


Meet the Neighbors
We are meeting our new neighbors. We share a driveway with a young couple that have small children. I like having kids next door. They...

stephanieraffelock
Jun 3, 20142 min read


Sort of, Almost, Not Quite Landing in Ashland, Oregon Chronicles
Day three of the drive from Colorado to Oregon got prettier with each passing mile. The high Nevada desert gave way to California cotton...

stephanieraffelock
May 31, 20143 min read


More From The Oregon or Bust Chronicles
Some drives are just not all that thought-provoking. This was one such day where I swam in the useless and the mundane to occupy my time...

stephanieraffelock
May 30, 20142 min read
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