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Category Archives: writing
Pandemic Plusses: Revitalizing Through … Chores?
I got there yesterday, got so bored that doing battle with the bathroom somehow seemed intriguing. We clean our home weekly (I am contractually obligated to point this out by a certain Sicilian goddess who cleans like a delightfully manic … Continue reading
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Tagged #ClubQuarantine, #coping, #coronavirus, #COVID-19, #pandemicblues
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Pandemic Plusses: Sometimes the Simple Things Pull Us Through
Five days in and the pandemic is getting worse. Governors from New York, California, and Illinois are moving to enforce the quarantine in an aggressive effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 after the numbers of sick jumped dramatically again. … Continue reading
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Tagged #comfortfood, #cooking, #coronavirus, #COVID-19, #pasta, #quarantine, #selfcare
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Pandemic Plusses: The Last Thing I Expected to Do During the Pandemic Was Dance
Outside, a human wanders by, alone. Then no one comes into view for long stretches of time. A geezer wanders by with a small dog and a filled plastic bag. Remember back in the good old days when plastic bags … Continue reading
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Pandemic Plusses: A Simple Kindness Saves the Day
This post threatened to be a rant. I had already written a few graphs going off on “weird times getting weirder” and “no end in sight” and reports of this disease “coming in waves”. And I raged that some are … Continue reading
Pandemic Plusses: When an Allergy Sneeze Convinces You it is Something More
For as long as I can remember, every March the planet has tried to kill me. Spring would arrive and every singing bird meant doom, each bud promised pain, discomfort, a lack of breath … then it would all bloom … Continue reading
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Tagged #allergyseason, #chill, #coronavirus, #misdiagnosis, #paranoia, #selfcare
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Pandemic Plusses: Keeping Sane During The Coronavirus Lockdown – Reading Helps
You’ve heard it dozens of times before – as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown, people are buying out entire supermarkets, overstocking their homes for the long isolation meant to #levelthecurve of cases (notice we are not reducing them, just … Continue reading
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Testing, Testing….
I have had months of problems with publishing on this blog and very little time to work to correct it (happy problem: writing deadlines! Yay!) So here’s a test post and a reminder: I am a husband and father first, … Continue reading
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Go Bráth (‘Til Doomsday) A Mallory and Gunner Short Story By Christopher Ryan
“They cheered their own deaths.” Detective Frank Mallory spat out the words like the poison they were. “They thought it was part of the parade.” Detective Alberto “Gunner” Gennaro, his partner in the Major Case Squad, tried to ease the … Continue reading
Posted in # thrillers, #adventure, #reading, Book lovers, fiction, Pulp fiction, writing
Tagged #amediting, #amwriting, #author, #books, #crime, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #Mystery, #publishing, #selfpublishing, #ShortStory, #Storytelling, #Webfic, #writerslife
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Will America Reclaim Our System of Checks and Balances?
(I know I just stated in my last post that I want to do less politics, but I really have to get this off my chest.) Right now, if we are honest, we must acknowledge that we are a Divided … Continue reading
Posted in #election, #POTUS, #Trump, #voting, #WeThePeople, America, politics, pop culture, writing
Tagged #Democrats, #election, #media, #news, #Republicans, #voting
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I’ve Been Away Awhile, Rebuilding
I haven’t posted since mid-summer when I gushed about U2. Been rebuilding. This blog now appears on my new website, http://www.chrisryanwrites.com. Worth a look, if I do say so myself. Been rebuilding my social media presence, too. Much more Instagram, … Continue reading
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Tagged #America, #amwriting, #author, #authorlife, #books, #getcaughtreading, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday
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