Ellen's Very Southern Voice / is on Nostr

Ex-lawyer, current writer. Long distance swimmer. For better & worse, of the American South.

Words in Hotel Amerika, Gulf Coast, Barrelhouse, Image, Brevity, etc. Pushcart Special Mention. Peter Taylor Fellow. All into Contemplative Writing. Other stuff.

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Last Notes

2024-09-09 00:50:34

Yesterday I wore my Go Vols earrings.
They won.
Today I wore my Saints football helmet earrings.
They won.
I'm just saying.

2024-08-18 00:50:35

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I'm sorry this has gone on sooooooo long. I do hope the fever goes away and so thankful the family has stayed clear of it--that would be awful if you went through all that isolation and they caught it.

2024-08-18 00:45:25

Y'all know me. I can't help myself. The least excuse, I'm proselytizing writing.
https://ellenmorrisprewitt.com/proselytizing-writing/
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2024-08-18 00:35:05

I've just about quit caring what people think about how I talk. My brain doesn't go in the usual places, and that's ok. Sometimes I have to over-narrate so people follow. Or I have to say, I'm processing what you said, because people have told me they can't read my blank look. If I'm making a larger connection between events, I'm gonna tell you. If the shirt you're wearing is a great color for you, I'll tell you. I can hear people saying, "She's an odd, odd duck." And that's ok too.

2024-08-13 02:24:25

I have an extreme sensitivity to repetitive sounds. Eating noises. Gum chewing. Tapping on an iPad. Brushing teeth. Misophonia, it's called. (It's so little known, spell check underlines it.) But I like the ticking of a clock. It's human noises I can't stand. When they happen, it makes it hard for me to think. I need it to stop. Why? Who knows. but it correlates with PTSD, which I have.
#Life

2024-08-10 21:06:24

I realize many of my words aren't standard. Sqush isn't squash. It's not squish. It's sqush. Which is when you really smush it, like a stomped on beer can.

2024-08-10 21:02:53

"The call goes where the energy is." That's a polite way of putting it.

2024-08-10 21:00:39

This crowd...

2024-08-10 20:57:44

We had a great contemplative writing group retreat today. For so many, a writing practice is solitary. We write alone. Revise alone. When we think it's perfect, we ask someone to read it and tell us it's not. Writing in a supportive group, sharing your immediate fresh product, enjoying what others share--it's a different way of doing writing.
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2024-07-23 00:00:50

Scotty Pippen, Jr is playing for Memphis and is probably going to make the squad. How time flies.