Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

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Today, I raked leaves and bagged them before tomorrow’s rain. It was a good day. (#961) Continue reading

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How often do you find yourself doing what you are supposed to rather than what you want to? Have you thought about why? (#960) Continue reading

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It rained today: the rain ran down the trunks of the maples, making them black, pasting their clothes to them like wet T-shirts. (#959) Continue reading

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