Category Archives: Writing

Nature Photography…and Beyond

Posted on June 17, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Stephen Geisel of love-fi. Stephen is a Toronto, Ontario-based artist and photographer whose work never fails to astound me. His macro-photos and nature scenes are featured here, but he’s also a videographer and motion … Continue reading →

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Teach Your Parents Well

Posted on June 10, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Jane Tawel of the blog site Musings and Meditations. California-based Jane is a teacher, poet and novelist with a never-ending thirst for understanding regarding truth, philosophy, spirituality, families, human relationships. And it shows in … Continue reading →

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Healing River: Another Rave Review

Posted on June 3, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Joe Siccardi of Father Says. Joe is a career newsman who worked in New York, Washington DC, and various other cities before becoming the publisher of an upstate New York newspaper. Still, he draws … Continue reading →

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A Tribute Written For One of My Favorite Poets

Posted on May 27, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Paul Szlosek of Paul’s Poetry Playground. Paul is a first-order poetry aficionado (he even looks like a poet). A past recipient of the Jacob Knight Award for Poetry, his work has appeared in numerous … Continue reading →

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Healing River

Posted on May 20, 2020 by mitchteemley

Film Review My Featured Blogger this week is c.f. (Claudia) leach of Rhemalogy, from the Greek word “rhema,” connoting words of great power or significance such as those of Jesus. Claudia is a published poet and essayist, a former editor … Continue reading →

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The devils are here

Posted on May 13, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Benyamin Bensalah of Benyapoesy. Calling himself a “pocket poet” (I’m not sure what that means, but I like it), Benyamin is of Algerian/Hungarian extraction. By his own description he is “a strange production of … Continue reading →

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The pandemic update from Britain: hope, hype, and a tiger running loose

Posted on May 6, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Ellen Hawley of Notes from the U.K. A New York-born transplant to picturesque Cornwall, England, Ellen is the author of three popular seriocomic novels. The same mix of facts and whimsy shows up in … Continue reading →

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What Do Colors Mean Around the World?

Posted on April 22, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Addison of A Better Man. Addison describes himself as “a simple Singaporean guy who loves a challenge,” who is “always thinking about new ideas and ways of doing things, passionate about creativity and dogged … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant: An Easter-Inspired Tale

Posted on April 15, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Melissa Younger of Classic Reads, a site dedicated to introducing (or, in my case reintroducing) people to literary gems. I only recently discovered Melissa’s site, and am so glad I did! The moment I … Continue reading →

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Posted on April 14, 2020 by mitchteemley

My Feature Film is Finally Being Released! I’ve been updating readers for years about my first feature film as a writer-director, Over-the-Rhine. So I’m beyond thrilled to announce that it’s finally being released! And that its name has been changed … Continue reading →

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