Delaware Authors Forum Presents: Psalms to Write By: Reflections, Prompts and Strategies
Delaware Authors Forum Presents: Psalms to Write By: Reflections, Prompts and Strategies Margo McKenzie will present "Psalms to Write By:...
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Margo McKenzie
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A Transparent Necessity
I adjust the controls on the flow and delight in the comfortably hot, colorless fluid on my clothes-less body. My pores welcome the...
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Margo McKenzie
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A Stone Harvesting Moment
Hope I pass. The course was difficult Hope to see you.  We’re miles apart. Hope you get that raise.  Who can’t use a few extra dollars...
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Margo McKenzie
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I Can Still See Him
He’s been gone for over fifty years, but I can still see him as though I had been in his presence only yesterday. I can still hear his...
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Margo McKenzie
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Finding Intent: It’s That Time Again
It’s that time again when we get a little more reflective than usual. We look over the past 365 and smile to ourselves for what we got...
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Margo McKenzie
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How I Fell in Love with a Complicated Commodity
We unwittingly put so much onto our bodies. It takes a science degree to understand the list of ingredients lotions and hair care...
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Margo McKenzie
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Hot Summer and Double Dutch
Besides board games and double Dutch, summers also meant Mitch, the good humored ice cream man. We always heard his truck music before he...
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Margo McKenzie
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Unblocking Writer's Block
So often writers complain that they’ve lost their inspiration to write. They don’t feel creative. The white page just stares at them, and...
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Margo McKenzie
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Brownstone Livin,' Brooklyn Trippin'
We numbered a family of five when my parents purchased a three-story brownstone in the now gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights,...
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Margo McKenzie
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Heartbeat In A Pew
In the community where I spent my formative years, I'd pass many schools, liquor stores and bars, but I'd also pass a church on just...
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Margo McKenzie
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New Hustles, New Muscles
I had acquired the credentials I needed to become a high school English teacher and then an administrator. Each year I worked to...
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Margo McKenzie
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My 6 Steps to Becoming A Writer
I had jitters when I first stepped in front of a classroom. I had jitters leading my first department meeting—and maybe my second and...
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Margo McKenzie
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Spaces For Making
I didn’t have too much surface space in my kitchen in Bed-Stuy, so when I cooked, I kept it simple. Yes, I used cutting boards and mixing...
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Margo McKenzie
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When A Seed Becomes Itself
I walked into the Garden Department of my local box store and there they were: Burpee seeds for arugula, carrots, and string beans and so...
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