Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: florida
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Writing on Vacation
We have been together for forty years. We’ve got vacations figured out. Um. But like writing, vacations can inspire revision. Over and over as times change, as we change. For example, road trips. We have been doing them our entire married life. Camping with the boys when they were small all the way to here…
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Home Not Home
A few days ago I returned to Michigan from Florida. This photo is of my writing room, the place I missed the most. My husband took a six week leave of absence to spend time with me in our Florida home. I called this time our “practice retirement” although he doesn’t like when I say…
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Long Distance Love
My son and his family are visiting from Seattle. It’s been so lovely to have them here with me, but I miss them fierce when they’re gone. I live about an hour from where I grew up. One of my brothers still lives in Taylor, our hometown, and the other lives in a neighboring town.…
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Alone Experiment 2
This year, I lived alone for three months in sunny Florida while my husband toiled in Detroit’s deep freeze. To my surprise, I learned I am not alone, helpless, worthless or incompetent, despite feeling all that for much of the time. When I confessed my doubts about going it alone, my wise friend Karen said…
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My Struggle
I have been trying to read the first in the memoir series called My Struggle by Karl Ove. I gave up after about a hundred pages. Maybe I’ll get back to it but I don’t think so. It’s really a guy’s book; I don’t enjoy reading about teenage male boners. He’s an interesting writer in…