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Occasionally Provided Answers

About inspiration

Back home, Cincinnati, which is my home now, for now, any entry I have thought to make here has been one I thought better of in the spirit of how I determined last February moving here that I would enjoy my time here. My time here being my life, after all. I mean that I [...]

Local LitChick says this blog is

…delightfully rambling [and thoughtful!] and I’ll take it, and say thanks for the notice. The local LitChick blog is One book lover’s take on what’s between the pages, the one book lover is Sara Pearce, writing about area and regional authors, and providing observations on the local literary scene. And more. Check it out.
Also, an [...]

OPA on quotes

Q: Do you have a favorite quote?
A: One that comes to mind:
It’s all the same, man.
–Janis Joplin (Ball ‘n Chain)

Recent FAQs not OPAs

From the inbox:
Don’t have time to visit local drug store?
What’s the first rule of investing?
Want to be a hero in a bed?
So I’m getting ready for a week-long trip to Cincinnati, driving up, early morning departure time. I figure I might post here either very little or quite a lot. Some things I wanted to [...]

OPA on misspelling

To P.P., who asked Being a fancypants writer and editor and all, are you embarrassed when you misspell stuff on your blog for all the world to see that maybe you are not so all that:
yse.

You could read Janet Kauffman

Q: Okay, we know you like Mary Robison. Who else would you recommend to read, someone whose work we might not know? - S.
This is another OPA. The question has been sitting with me since last summer sometime, after I mentioned Mary Robison in a post about Pia Z. Ehrhardt, for which I feel bad, [...]

Alive for the virtual consultation

From my email inbox: “Why don’t you respond to your comments any more?” J.P.
Answer: Because I don’t know what to say sometimes. Because often what I think of to say seems totally lame and is not bound to invite further conversation. (Does it follow then, that maybe I am not that great of a conversationalist? [...]