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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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"I Found God, Became a Pastor And Then Lost My Faith. Here's What I Believe In Now" (Huffington Post, May 2021)
"What My Year of Solo Travel
at 64 Taught Me. "
(Daily Beast, October 2018)
"Cooper's Heart"
(Oprah Daily, July, 2022)
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rgummere
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 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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rgummere
- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 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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rgummere
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 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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rgummere
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 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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rgummere
- May 31, 2022
- 2 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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rgummere
- May 22, 2022
- 2 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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rgummere
- May 10, 2022
- 1 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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rgummere
- May 5, 2022
- 6 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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rgummere
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 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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rgummere
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 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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rgummere
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 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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rgummere
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 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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rgummere
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 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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rgummere
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 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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