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About Me — Margie Willis

as I prepare for re-entry . . . — I joined this website, June 2021, and the About Me I wrote feels off since I was clueless about this Medium scene, at first (as most writers are). I’ve been wanting to re-do that piece. Now I have a solid reason: my life is about to change. In my first…

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About Me: Margie Willis
About Me: Margie Willis
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Here Are My Lists

to help navigate my portfolio . . . —

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My New Lists
My New Lists
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Photo by Margie Willis

Here Are My Lists

to help navigate my portfolio . . .

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Jan 23

Even When Frisco Gets Frosty

some old timers still romp in the buff… —

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Even When Frisco Gets Frosty
Even When Frisco Gets Frosty
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Lifelong favorite non-fiction: book and film

Even When Frisco Gets Frosty

some old timers still romp in the buff…

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Published in Put It To Rest

·Updated Jan 21

My Midwinter Maternal Void

all over the place . . . then poof! . . . gone — Mom was adored by everyone who knew her and it could feel a little invisible to be standing in her shadow. Only belatedly, I see how self-absorbed she was. As a kid, she had frequent ear infections. One of her favorite family stories was telling how her dad got up…

Put It To Rest

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My Midwinter Maternal Void
My Midwinter Maternal Void
Put It To Rest

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Jan 20

Twenty-Three Tambourines

seeking a groove from diverging furrows . . . — My moorings . . . will I ever find my moorings? Twenty-three years into the twenty-first century on the twentieth day stuck in a prompt ponder trying to place my tootsie on some small significance of the cottontail calendar just now hopping into view. My crystal ball is cloudy …

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Twenty-Three Tambourines
Twenty-Three Tambourines
Poetry

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Published in Just to talk about

·Jan 19

Wistful and Windswept

in my wettest dreams . . . — Howling wistful, wild and windswept lightning leapt a quixotic intercept secret yearnings unlocked and unkept a stalking savage barely sidestepped. A turbulent tempest sloshes unduly drooling sluices surge along cruelly a riotous roar hurls pebbles unruly flumes my muddled shudder truly. Tousled pillow dashes needy dreams untamed urges goad odious schemes rabid…

Writing

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Wistful and Windswept
Wistful and Windswept
Writing

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Jan 18

A Diabolical Beast Clobbers

this is what we used to call winter . . . — After a twenty-year drought, California was recently pummeled by rainstorms . . . in three weeks, drenched by ten atmospheric rivers, back-to-back. Not to forsake rain blessings, but such atmospheric rivers inundate a narrow band, relatively speaking. …

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A Diabolical Beast Clobbers
A Diabolical Beast Clobbers
Nonfiction

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Jan 17

Limerick Epidemic

when Año Nuevo runs rampant . . . —

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Limerick Epidemic
Limerick Epidemic
Poetry

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Photo from “Visit Santa Cruz County” website

Limerick Epidemic

when Año Nuevo runs rampant . . .

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Jan 9

That Brutal California Weather

done bopped me a shiner . . . — Last Wednesday, I was out walking my dogs in my wheelchair when the thirty-five mile-per-hour wind was blasting around the corners of tall buildings. The sidewalk gives a slight downhill boost (which I dig) so we were hauling along at a brisk clip as usual. Gusting wind blew me off…

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That Brutal California Weather
That Brutal California Weather
Nonfiction

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Dec 22, 2022

Pure Awesomeness on Medium (240)

saunter toward the gloaming of stories . . . — Thank you for a wave of holiday cheer to ponder. Selma . . . think of your greatness . . . you matter! Your Place In The All-Encompassing Life of Things A poem about your greatness within the family of thingsmedium.com Cheri Elkin . . . oh hell yeah: And Just Like that I was Seventy-four Years Old I woke up early that Sunday morning in October feeling the presence of someone beside me. I turned over and looked at…medium.com

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Pure Awesomeness on Medium (240)
Pure Awesomeness on Medium (240)
Prose

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