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Why Do We Need Stories?
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Why Do We Need Stories?

Last week I talked about a writer’s need to write, about the satisfaction of stringing words together, of seeing them land on the page. 

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No Choice but to Write
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

No Choice but to Write

There is only one thing to do.  Go into yourself.  Examine your reason for writing. 

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The Sign
Beth-Alison Berggren Beth-Alison Berggren

The Sign

Once upon a time at the entrance to a town,

the entrance to our town,

the town I grew up in.

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Even as We Fall
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Even as We Fall

What if you felt the invisible

tug between you and everything?...

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Until the Walk Itself is Home
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Until the Walk Itself is Home

I want to have a conversation

that we can return to without

conclusion, one that lasts for

years, that feels like a walk that

has no end. 

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Letting Go of the World
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Letting Go of the World

I find that there are two ways of dealing with a growing litany of physical limitations: we can either feel that the world is closing in around us or we can feel that we are starting to let go of the world.

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Discovery
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Discovery

I have thought myself a lover of nature,

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Grateful for My Heart
Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer

Grateful for My Heart

It’s something I’ve thought of often, the ways I learned from my parents and from the larger culture that self-regard

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