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Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning!
Greetings! I'd be so pleased if you'd follow this link to my first newsletter post on Substack, "Mystery, Memoir, and Meaning," a...
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Rebecca Gummere
"An agnostic ex-pastor on the hunt for God in a small RV with two big dogs. What could go wrong?"
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Jul 7, 20224 min
The Storm. Then the Calm.
I love a good thunderstorm. I usually go outside and watch it come in, like I did yesterday here in Boone. Thunderstorms in the South...
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Jun 28, 20222 min
Life Comes At You Fast!
I write to you from a hotel room in beautiful downtown Oklahoma City, bound for North Carolina. After taking Roadcinante off the market...
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Jun 10, 20222 min
My OPS File
Writing is an entirely solitary effort. At the same time, it is also a communal event. Because we writers find out along the way that we...
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Jun 5, 20222 min
Life Is But a Dream
The writing life is such that one can go through a long, dry spell with no publication, and then have a couple of things to share in...
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May 31, 20222 min
Intersections
First of all, I'm pleased to share with you my Tiny Love Story that appears today in the New York Times. (Scroll down to "A Windy...
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May 22, 20222 min
Neither Here Nor There But Both
Thinking about prayer lately has drawn me into thinking about liminal spaces. Liminal space is defined as a boundary or a threshold. I...
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May 10, 20221 min
Labor of Love
Honestly, y'all, it took everything I had to finish my Chasing Light memoir, and I'm so danged proud of this book. I feel like I am...
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May 5, 20226 min
Hello! I'm On the Move Again!
Greetings, Salutations, Wildly Gesticulating Hands! In fact, two moves are currently in slow-motion process. The first: I'll be leaving...
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Oct 3, 20212 min
The Week That Was
Oof. Last Thursday (nine days ago) my sweet Boxer, Beasley Ralph, had a stroke and then a seizure. I thought he was a goner, but folks at...
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Sep 20, 20212 min
Emerging
My Chasing Light memoir is finished and out on agent submission. We shall see what comes of that. I'd be grateful if you'd send some good...
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Sep 1, 20212 min
Misty Mornings
Honestly, you just never know. That is to say, things can happen without warning. I'm currently back in North Carolina, in these...
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Jul 5, 20211 min
Kitchen Table Chat
Hi, all - here's my podcast interview with Ken Kemp, which really turned out to be more like a long chat with a newfound pal, clinking...
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Jun 19, 20214 min
What I'm Keeping
Well, I returned from North Carolina this past Tuesday afternoon, rolling into Albuquerque in Roadcinante, my daughter and son-in-law...
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Jun 3, 20212 min
Homeward Bound
I write to you from a comfy hotel room in Jackson, Tennessee. That's not how it was supposed to go. I got it in my head to car camp the...
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