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Those Visitors From Away …
August in Maine! Pardon for making a very large generalization … but August and September are my two favorite months in Maine. Not TOO hot, not TOO cold … not TOO much rain … pretty much, just right. Other people … Continue reading
Fascination with the Sea
I have always loved the ocean. The boom of crashing waves; the silence of low tide; the rhythms of swells. The smell of salt air and rockweed. The cries of herring gulls and laughing gulls. The changing colors of the … Continue reading
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Loving Our Big Blue Dumpster
There’s a big blue dumpster in my driveway. No, we’re not doing re-doing our kitchen or adding a new room, or even re-doing a room we already have. We’re cleaning up. Now, I want to assure you that my husband and … Continue reading
How I Smuggled Drugs into Calcutta
Lea Wait, here. And, yes, I did that. Do note: although they were illegal for me to bring with me, the drugs included aspirin, vitamins, medications for scabies and other skin infections, and antibiotics. I also took children’s tape recorders, incubator parts, balloons, hair … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Bombay, Calcutta, drugs, India, Mombai, smuggler
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Will Illness Change a Relationship? Yes — and No
Lea Wait, here. On February 1 of last year I wrote on this site about the stroke my husband, Bob Thomas, had suffered the week before. I didn’t mention that we’d also just found out he had other medical issues: congestive heart failure and COPD/Emphysema. And … Continue reading
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“What Am I Really Writing About?”
Lea Wait, here, thinking about personal passions and interests and how they can become themes, in life and in writing. As a child I was fascinated by books (often set in the nineteenth century) about orphans who found caring homes. … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Finest Kind, Lea Wait, themes in writing, Tightening the Threads
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Where Do Ideas Come From?
Over the past sixteen years I’ve made a lot of appearances as an author. I’ve spoken to kindergarten students and senior citizens, other writers and “pre-published” authors, library patrons, school groups, conferences, festivals …. a lot of people, in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Getting ideas for mysteries, Lea Wait, Mainely Needlepoint, plotting books
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When do ideas come? Encouraging the Muse
Agatha Christie once famously wrote that she got her best ideas while washing the dishes. I’ve heard other authors swear by long walks or dreams. Me? My muse is shy. She only appears when I’m alone, in a quiet place, doing and thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged A writer's muse, finding your muse, Lea Wait, Shadows at the Fair, Tightening the Threads
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The Meaning of a Dining Room Table
As many of you know, I am a fourth generation antique dealer. I was taught, by example and explanation, to value possessions not only because they were functional, but because they had been well designed and crafted. That, for example, furniture … Continue reading
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Tagged antique furniture, growing up, Lea Wait, possessions
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