Monthly Archives: January 2017

The Daily Poet

Posted on January 29, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

On a blog named “Letters from Heart’s Content”, surely the reader expects to read something new from time to time. Fresh out of the oven, slathered with butter, here it is. Gotham Writers Workshop offers some dynamite writing courses online. My … Continue reading →

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Koselig: Not Just for Christmas #TBT

Posted on January 12, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

Well, this goes down as the winter I discovered koselig, a name both for something I already experience and for something I want to cultivate. In December I read a range of articles on koselig (and its sister hygge) to … Continue reading →

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Whoosh! Wasabi mad.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

So, a few days after Christmas I was found myself wasabi mad. Wasabi mad: angry in an instant, flaming way, going instantly from calm to raging and quickly subsiding. Someone is rude to you and you flare into anger. Suddenly … Continue reading →

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In the News

Posted on January 5, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

I just got off the phone with a woman I’ve never met who told me a story. Sheila Hagar knew my birthmother when they both lived in Walla Walla, and she has been storing some Anziano family china for a … Continue reading →

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Making a tiny splash in the Internet

Posted on January 2, 2017 by lettersfromheartscontent

I think I can safely say there is not yet a villanelle on the theme of hygge, the Danish art of living through the winter with comforting coziness. So, plip, here is my unique drop in the vast sea of … Continue reading →

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