by Marie Watts | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 ESCAPE GUILTESCAPE M&MESCAPE THE SETTINGLAST THOUGHTS ON ESCAPE Escape! Take me away! Hightail it! Fly the coop! Slip away! This past week I did just that. Did you know that getting away from the everyday routine can actually be good for your...
by Marie Watts | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 DUTY GUIDANCE HAMMERED INTO METHE DUTY MANDATE SUCKSLAST THOUGHTS ON DUTY Doing my duty was drilled into me as a child. This mandate was so impenetrable that it’s taken me forever to back off a bit. I am, as one of my friends told me, a “rule...
by Elizabeth Huergo | Jul 20, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 WHERE IS CUBA?WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CUBA?CUBA AND THE EMBARGOCURRENT CONDITIONS IN CUBALEARNING MORE ABOUT CUBA What’s happening in Cuba is heartbreaking, and I’m pleased to welcome my Women’s Fiction Writers Association friend, Elizabeth...
by Marie Watts | Jul 13, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 UNPLEASANT AMERICAN HISTORY AND NATIVE AMERICANSUNPLEASANT AMERICAN HISTORY AND DISEASELAST THOUGHTS ON UNPLEASANT AMERICAN HISTORY American history has always been a passion of mine. My latest novel, The Refugees: Family Threads Book One – 1630...
by Marie Watts | Jul 6, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 JULY 4 AND ROUND TOPJULY 4 AND THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY PARADEJULY 4 AND THE TOWN SQUARE IN LA GRANGELAST THOUGHTS ON JULY 4 This blog was originally published July 6, 2026, on www.mariewatts.com/blog My July 4th was one crazy, fun day. Since it was...
by Marie Watts | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog
Table of Contents 2 3 COLLECTIVE TRAUMA IDEACOLLECTIVE TRAUMA SKEPTICSCOLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND ME Collective trauma is the subject of the novel The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford, which I’m currently reading. It’s a new idea to me, but it has got me thinking....
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