Category Archives: writing

Write your heart out

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

So over the past two days, as I wrote blog posts that comparatively few people (yet) will read, I discovered that after writing them, I felt happy. Now there’s the happiness of “just having written,” which DailyKos attributed to Robert … Continue reading →

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10 reasons to shlep your laundry outdoors to dry

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Okay, it may not be spring yet, but here in Boulder we’ve been having a two-week warm streak. Yesterday, in 70 degrees, I hung laundry on the line strung across our second-floor deck while house finches trilled in the pines … Continue reading →

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Sundays with eagles

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Last Sunday morning I joined a group that met at the reservoir a few miles outside of town to watch for raptors. Since moving to Boulder a couple years ago I’ve become a fan of winter birding. Raptors abound, and … Continue reading →

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When you don’t want your sister reading it…

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

On a writers’ and editors’ mail list I belong to a question arose this week about a dilemma memoir writers often face: What do you do when you’ve written something you don’t want a family member to read, especially because … Continue reading →

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Love song from Walt Whitman

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Walt Whitman remains one of my favorite love poets, a fine choice for Valentine’s Day. I pick up Leaves of Grass now and then and am awed every time by the sheer boundlessness of his love. The poems are a … Continue reading →

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House finch fooler

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Today over lunch I heard the warbles of a house finch in the pine tree just outside our dining room window. Those long trills, meandering up and down, as if they could go on forever. Ahhhh! Instantly I felt warmer, … Continue reading →

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Compassion footprint

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Last night I went to hear one of our local Boulder treasures, animal scientist Marc Bekoff, talk about improving the lives of animals—increasing our “compassion footprint.” Marc is world renowned for his studies of animal behavior. For years he has … Continue reading →

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