Author Archives: Liza Blue

He/She/Ze

(This fanagram is also available as podcast.  Click on podcast in the category menu at the right.) I first ran into the pronoun “ze” (pronounced zee) at Frances’ graduation from Grinnell College. In the written material, the third person singular … Continue reading

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Clean Plate Club Murder Mystery: Chapters 33-34

Chapter 33 I left the car in the visitor’s parking lot and crossed the busy street to Sylvia Wister’s studio. The store front windows featured a display of her Family Photography Project with a description of the program. Funded by … Continue reading

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Podcast: Rendering Judgment

You know that expression, “being sent off to the glue factory?”  Well, this is what that is all about – the rendering factory. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: Warm Spot in the Lake

What IS that warm spot? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: Baseball, Earlobes and Running Backward

Ruminations during a slow-paced baseball game, including people watching and categorizing different styles of earlobes, and considering the implications if the bases were run in the opposite direction for a change of pace. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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A Life in Passports

When you turn sixty I suppose that it is inevitable to get misty eyed and look back.  After all, I am standing on what I hope is a threshold (and not a precipice) between middle age and the next phase … Continue reading

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In Confidence

Recently I wrote about the continuum of hope, fantasy and delusion within the context of playing the lottery.  I realize now that I forgot to consider confidence, that extra added ingredient that can reset the continuum to the right or … Continue reading

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Clean Plate Club Murder Mystery: Chapters 31-32

Chapter 31 I picked up the plates to bus them into the kitchen.  As I walked in, Ralph waved a fifty dollar bill in my face.  “Look at this,” he said, “your new best friend gave us a tip – … Continue reading

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Clean Plate Club Murder Mystery: Chapters 29-30

Chapter 29 By the time I got back to my car, it was almost 4 PM, and even though I had been on the job since 6 AM that morning, I instinctively began to think about my next steps.  This … Continue reading

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Podcast: Fruited Plain

Our first attempts at a garden. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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