Category Archives: Writing

Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Him

Posted on December 9, 2019 by mitchteemley

My 3rd Grade Notebook (“enhanced” by 5th-Grade-Me) Five years ago, I launched my blog site with this quip: “Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on?” I thought is was funny. So did some guy who … Continue reading →

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Baby Boomers vs. Gen X vs. Millennials

Posted on December 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Gary Gautier of shakemyheadhollow (the lowercaseallruntogether bit was his idea, not mine). Gary “limits” his focus to, as he puts it, “Conceptual spaces: politics, philosophy, art, literature, religion, cultural history.” In other words, he … Continue reading →

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Honest Flower|گل راستی

Posted on November 27, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Laleh Chini of A Voice from Iran. Laleh was born in the former Iran before the upheaval that led to the current Islamic Republic. She later moved to the U.S. and then to Canada, … Continue reading →

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Somebody to Love

Posted on November 20, 2019 by mitchteemley

“Love is transformative. It turns whatever it touches into a channel specifically designed to get everyone else within reach as wet as possible. ‘Love’ that doesn’t do that isn’t really love.” ~Somebody to Love (below) My Featured Blogger this week … Continue reading →

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How To Drive a Writer Crazy

Posted on November 13, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Ann Aschauer of Seeking Divine Perspective. With her writing, songwriting, and theatre background, I relate to Ann on many levels. But most of all I relate to her heart–one that can never get enough … Continue reading →

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A girl named, sincerely

Posted on November 6, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is George Raymond of the exceedingly quirky blog site Trefology. At least I think it is. That’s him in the picture below. At least I think it is. That’s because it’s exceedingly difficult–no make that … Continue reading →

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The Bird’s Visit

Posted on October 30, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Rachel Mankowitz of The Cricket Pages. Rachel is a gifted professional writer and writing coach who also teaches Hebrew language classes. I know you’ll enjoy Rachel’s blog posts, but I’d particularly like to point … Continue reading →

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Underarm Deodorant

Posted on October 23, 2019 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Terry Tripp of Tripp Blog. Terry is a writer, teacher, musician and visual artist who works and creates near my old stomping grounds in Southern California; in fact, he has an MFA from Azusa … Continue reading →

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You’re Peculiar

Posted on October 17, 2019 by mitchteemley

It was 1999 (as in “party like it’s…”). I was wearing khakis and a polo shirt, and was about to do a reading of my autobiographical poem Fool’s Odyssey for a room full of clove cigarette-smoking hipsters, identically clad in … Continue reading →

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Thank You, God, For Not Making Me Handsome!

Posted on October 12, 2019 by mitchteemley

I discovered when I was young that I loved everything to do with storytelling. I wrote poems, short stories, songs, and created such poignant scenes in front of the bathroom mirror that I swear it cried. (Well, I know I … Continue reading →

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