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  • Book reviews (2010-14)
    • Book Reviews 2010
      • A Black Tie Affair
      • Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference
    • Book Reviews 2011
      • Bitter Sweet
      • Snow Day
      • Flourish: Discover the Daily Joy of Abundant, Vibrant Living
      • Black Dog Dream Dog
      • Kaydie
      • The Shelter of God’s Promises
      • Money and the Prosperous Soul: Tipping the Scales of Favor and Blessing
      • Jesus, My Father, the CIA and Me: A memoir … of sorts
      • Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask
      • Mother Earth Father Sky
      • Magic Under Glass
      • Rumors of God: Experience the Kind of Faith You’ve Only Heard About
    • Book Reviews 2011, page 2
      • The Hardest Thing To Do
      • God Gave Us You
      • A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk
      • My Goat Gertrude
    • Book Reviews 2012
      • Can’t Sleep Without Sheep
      • I Only Cry at Night
      • Still Alice
      • My Own Worst Enemy: how to stop holding yourself back
      • On the Bright Side: The Starling series, Book 1
      • Secret Daughter
      • How My Savior Leads Me
      • Dollars & Uncommon Sense: Basic training for your money
      • The Brevity of Roses
      • Beyond Molasses Creek
      • Greet The Dawn The Lakota Way
        • Greet the Dawn:The Lakota Way
      • If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince?
    • Book Reviews 2012, page 2
      • Goodnight, Me
      • The Lion Is In
      • Running For My Life
      • Watching Jimmy
      • Without a Hitch
      • From One Place to Another
      • The Tree of Everlasting Knowledge
    • Book Reviews 2013
      • Mother Earth Father Sky
      • Sinking Deeper OR My awesome brilliant Questionable Heroic Decision to Invent a Sea Monster
      • Elephant Summer
      • Save The Lemmings
      • Being Frank
      • Unglued Devotional: 60 Days of Imperfect Progress
      • Triangles
    • Book Reviews 2014
      • Dracula
      • Shadows in the Stone
      • On Our Own: Widowhood for Smarties
      • The Monstore
      • The Sun Zebra
      • The Adventures of Tomato and Pea, book 1: A Bad Idea
      • Infinity Ring, book one: A Mutiny in Time
      • Operation Bonnet
      • Adventures in Mother Sitting
      • Treasure Me
      • Lovesongs of Emmanuel Taggart
      • Flying with a Broken Wing
    • Book Reviews 2014, page 2
      • Flash Virus: Episode One
      • The Moon Coin (The Moon Realm series, book 1)
      • Cowboy Christmas
      • I Am Otter
      • Hailee
      • Chasing Mona Lisa
      • The Tipping Point
      • A Dragon’s Work is Never Done
      • An Illusion of Trust
      • Untraceable
      • Cape Maybe
      • Double Exposure
    • Book Reviews 2014, page 3
      • Songbird Under a German Moon
      • Sudden Death Overtime
      • An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
      • Spaghetti is NOT a Finger Food
      • Drowning Mermaids
      • Lust, Money & Murder
      • Don’t Dare a Dame (Maggie Sullivan Mysteries, book 3)
      • Dreamlander
      • Audie the Angel and the Angel Army (The Angel Archives, Vol.1)
      • The Moon has a date with the Sun
      • Audie the Angel and the Aging Plague (The Angel Archives, vol.2)
      • How to draw Forest Fairies
    • Book reviews 2014, page 4
      • Devil’s Hump
      • Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom
      • Heaven’s Prey
      • The Michael Letters: Heaven’s Answer to Screwtape
      • Emma Bean
      • The Dragondain: A Moon Realm novel, book 2
      • Amanda in England: The Missing Novel
      • Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone
      • The Princess Within for Teens: Discovering Your Royal Inheritance
      • Meet Franklin Bean
  • Book reviews (2015-18)
    • Book Reviews 2015
      • A Beginner’s Guide to On-line Security
      • Eva and Sadie and the Worst Haircut EVER!
      • The Shy Writer
      • Millions of Souls: The Philip Riteman Story
      • The Rise & Fall of Adolf Hitler
      • Writing Fiction: A Guide for Pre-Teens
      • The Day the Crayons Quit
      • Frankenstink! Garbage Gone Bad
      • The Story of Gar
      • Rainbows in the Dark
      • I Am Because You Are
      • Not Marked: Finding Hope & Healing After Sexual Abuse
    • Book Reviews 2015, page 2
      • Audrey (Cow)
      • You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes
      • Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl
    • Book Reviews, 2016
      • Cerdito a juicio
      • Great Falls
      • Rocket Man
    • Book Reviews, 2017
      • Painted Skies
      • The Stranded Whale
      • Granpa Guff, Accidental Astronaut; Granpa Guff, The Pasta Wars
      • 10 Little Ninjas
      • The Stowaways
      • A Morning With Grandpa
      • How Smudge Came
      • The Princess and the Frogs
      • The Rescuing Day
      • Fiddles & Spoons: Journey of an Acadian Mouse
      • One Plastic Bag
      • Forensic Science: in Pursuit of Justice
    • Book Reviews, 2017, page 2
      • The Very Fairy Princess: Sparkles in the Snow
      • Without Proof
      • I Thought This Was a Bear Book
      • Tadeo Turtle
      • Super Happy Party Bears: Gnawing Around & Super Happy Party Bears: Knock, Knock on Wood
      • The Darkest Dark
      • There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight
      • A Gift of Music: Emile Benoit & his Fiddle
      • Snappsy the Alligator (did not ask to be in this book)
      • The Power of Harmony
      • When a Dragon Moves in Again
      • Fire Pie Trout
    • Book Reviews 2017, page 3
      • Lorenzo, the Pizza-Loving Lobster
      • Heroes of Isle aux Mortes
      • Watersong
      • Missing Nimama
      • The King of Keji
      • Normal Norman
      • Eagle of the Sea
      • My LOVE for You is the SUN
      • Gertrude at the Beach
      • Water is Water: a Book About the Water Cycle
      • Sky Pig
      • Little Red Gliding Hood
    • Book reviews 2017, page 4
      • A Collection of Nova Scotia Firsts
      • Blobfish Throws a Party
      • Saltwater Joys
      • Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story
      • Sarah
      • Buster the Little Garbage Truck
      • Onward and Upward in the Garden
      • The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
      • A Northern Alphabet
      • Turkey Tot
      • When Your Lion Needs a Bath
      • When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles
    • Book reviews, 2017, page 5
      • The Road That Trucks Built
      • I Love Sharks, Too!
      • I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson’s Blackboard
      • 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story
      • When a Dragon Moves In
      • Dear Santasaurus
      • Two Speckled Eggs
      • Pirates in the Library
      • Mae and the Moon
      • You’re Here!
      • Tuktuk: Tundra Tale
      • Saving Thunder the Great
    • Book reviews, 2017, page 6
      • Love, Triangle
      • Kindergarten ROCKS!
      • Secrets & Lies
      • Whose Hands Are These? a Community Helper Guessing Book
      • Are We Pears Yet?
    • Book reviews 2018
      • A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale
      • I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!
      • Excellent Ed
  • Book reviews (12×12 members’)
    • 12×12 reviews 2012-2018
      • The Monstore
      • The Adventures of Tomato and Pea
      • 10 Little Ninjas
      • A Morning With Grandpa
      • One Plastic Bag
      • The Very Fairy Princess: Sparkles in the Snow
      • I Thought This Was a Bear Book
      • Super Happy Party Bears: Gnawing Around & Super Happy Party Bears: Knock, Knock on Wood
      • There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight
      • Snappsy the Alligator (did not ask to be in this book)
      • When a DRAGON Moves in AGAIN
      • Lorenzo, the Pizza-Loving Lobster
    • 12×12 reviews 2017, page 2
      • Watersong
      • Missing Nimama
      • Normal Norman
      • My LOVE For You Is The SUN
      • Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle
      • Little Red Gliding Hood
      • Blobfish Throws a Party
      • Bat Count: A Citizen Science Story
      • Buster the Little Garbage Truck
      • The Very Fairy Princess Follows Her Heart
      • Turkey Tot
      • When Your Lion Needs a Bath
    • 12×12 reviews, page 3
      • When Your Elephant Has the Sniffles
      • The Road That Trucks Built
      • I Love Sharks, Too!
      • I Will Never Get a Star on Mrs. Benson’s Blackboard
      • 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story
      • When a Dragon Moves In
      • Dear Santasaurus
      • Two Speckled Eggs
      • Pirates in the Library
      • Mae and the Moon
      • You’re Here!
      • Tuktuk: Tundra Tale
    • 12×12 reviews, page 4
      • Saving Thunder the Great
      • Love, Triangle
      • Kindergarten ROCKS!
      • Whose Hands Are These? a Community Helper Guessing Book
      • Are We Pears Yet?
    • 12×12 reviews, 2018
      • A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale
      • Excellent Ed
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      • Illustrator interviews 2017
        • illustrator Daniel Wiseman
        • illustrator Erica Sirotich
    • Author Interviews
      • Author interviews 2011
        • author: Laura Best
        • author: Billy Coffey
        • author: Penny Zeller
        • author: Jan L. Coates
      • Author interviews 2012
        • author: Delia Ephron
        • author: Andrew Price
        • author: Carol White
        • author: Christine Nolfi
      • Author interviews 2013
        • author: Sue Harrison
        • author: Steve Vernon
        • author: Donna Earnhardt
      • Author interviews 2014
        • author: Diane Lynn McGyver
        • author: Tara Lazar
        • author: Erik Weibel
        • author: Sue Harrison
        • author: Laura Best
        • author: Walter Danley
      • Author interviews 2017
        • author: Melanie Florence
        • author: Susanna Leonard Hill
        • author: Janet Sketchley
  • Books I read this year (2020-2029 )
    • Books I read in 2020
    • Books I read in 2021
    • Books I read in 2022
    • Books I read in 2023
    • My “have read” 2024 book list
  • Writers’ Quotes, Helps & Workshops
    • Writers’ Helps
    • WRITING THE THIRD DIMENSION (workshop)
    • Quotes for Writers

Day: April 10, 2015

Mary Oliver quote

“There is a notion

that

creative people

are

absent-minded,

reckless,

heedless of social custom

&

obligations.

It is, hopefully,

true.”

– Mary Oliver

 

Does any of this describe you?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

Posted on April 10, 2015April 10, 2015 by LynnPosted in Miscellanea, Preambles to WritingTagged author's quote, creative people, Mary Oliver, poet Mary Oliver, quote. 11 Comments
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