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Shirley Dawson

Shirley Dawson

WRITING IS A MUSCLE THAT YOU MUST EXERCISE

I forgot how to write. Everything was o.k. for awhile. My newly broken neck gave me subject fodder — and joke material — for a few months…

6d ago

WRITING IS A MUSCLE THAT YOU MUST EXERCISE

6d ago

Shirley Dawson

CONNECTIONS

Heinz died last night. I never knew him. He was my best friend’s lifelong friend. She’s in mourning. I don’t know how to comfort her. I…

Oct 30, 2023

CONNECTIONS

Oct 30, 2023

Shirley Dawson

GUILT, HAPPY, LOVE

“Existential guilt is inherent in being human. It is part of the human condition for all of us. This is acknowledging that I am fallible. I…

Aug 27, 2023

GUILT, HAPPY, LOVE

Aug 27, 2023

Shirley Dawson

“Ease his pain.”

My brother Bill died this morning. He was born in 1930, the oldest of five McDonald children and 14 years older than me. When my younger…

Jul 30, 2023

“Ease his pain.”

Jul 30, 2023

Shirley Dawson

ETERNAL LIFE

I meet weekly with a small group of truth seekers. The class is Buddha 101. A few years ago, during Covid lock down, I took the online “…

Jun 24, 2023

ETERNAL LIFE

Jun 24, 2023

Shirley Dawson

EMPATHY RUN AMUCK?

Heidi was a confident, independent child. She met people and unfamiliar events with curiosity. She and her older sister regularly spent…

Mar 18, 2023

EMPATHY RUN AMUCK?

Mar 18, 2023

Shirley Dawson

Squirrels and Motorcycles

Squirrel Nutkin, a little red squirrel, comes to visit my house every morning.

Jan 28, 2023

Squirrels and Motorcycles

Jan 28, 2023

Shirley Dawson

Oh, How Lucky Can You Get!

I just won a Dyson vacuum cleaner! How lucky can you get?

Jan 10, 2023

Oh, How Lucky Can You Get!

Jan 10, 2023

Shirley Dawson

WRITING PROMPTS

Are you the same person you were 2 years ago? How? How not?

Dec 20, 2022

WRITING PROMPTS

Dec 20, 2022

Shirley Dawson

WHAT ABOUT ICELAND

Kathleen had a particularly aggressive cancer. Her medical care team told her to get her life in order.

Oct 23, 2022

WHAT ABOUT ICELAND

Oct 23, 2022

Shirley Dawson

Shirley Dawson

Art defined my adulthood - working artist, gallery owner, writer, critic, designer. Now for the BIG QUESTIONS!

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