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Sunday Mornings

Cynthia Kraack Posted on August 7, 2016 by Cynthia KraackAugust 7, 2016

Sunday mornings have their own vibe, a crazy mash-up of past traditions, leisure, family time, friends time, me time, maybe spiritual time.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged #MyWritingProcess, American culture, Family, Spirituality | Leave a reply

Paddle Turn

Cynthia Kraack Posted on May 21, 2016 by Cynthia KraackMay 21, 2016

She has the rhythm, the love of movement, and there will be many ways she might enjoy those in her future. And opportunities to bond with her mom. That’s the circle of life. Paddle turn.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged American culture, Family, Grandparenting, Tap dancing | Leave a reply

Tapping Out the Grief

Cynthia Kraack Posted on April 23, 2016 by Cynthia KraackApril 23, 2016

For ninety minutes a week, the world I experience is a musical place with classic jazz or Broadway tunes accented by the sounds of fourteen tap shoes slapping and flapping and stomping across a studio floor.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged American culture, Andrias Dancin on the Door, Door County, Family, Prince, The Human Condition | 1 Reply

That Time of Year

Cynthia Kraack Posted on December 13, 2015 by Cynthia KraackMarch 16, 2016

There are no traditions for merging the happiest time of the year with the emotional pain of loss, whether sudden or lingering.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged American culture, Armed services, Family, Friends, PTSD, The Human Condition | Leave a reply

The Writer’s Mind

Cynthia Kraack Posted on June 17, 2015 by Cynthia KraackJune 22, 2015

We have written about grim events that required researching information we should not be thinking about the night before a physical. But we can’t help ourselves. We just think too much.

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Writing Retreat #1

Cynthia Kraack Posted on September 6, 2014 by Cynthia KraackSeptember 6, 2014

Writing retreat…or time away to work. The real issue may be that in American culture there is discomfort sharing the label of work with purely artistic efforts.

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Posted in Blog | Tagged #MyWritingProcess, American culture, Nature of Work, Planning, Thinking Out Loud, writing work | Leave a reply

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