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Dean Robertson

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I am a retired English teacher; I am approaching seventy.
I spent thirty years of my life teaching literature in independent secondary schools and in small private colleges.
When I retired, I cut off my schoolteacher’s bun and headed to the Tidewater region of Virginia.
At the end of 2012 I had a terrible fall. I spent eight very long months in an assisted living facility in Norfolk, Virginia. The name of that facility is The Lydia Roper Home.

I arrived at the Roper Home in bad shape. In addition to undiagnosed neurological problems, I was in the grip of a paralyzing depression, and I was definitely not cheered up by offers of bingo or arts and crafts. I don’t “do” activities. In an effort to preserve my last shreds of sanity, I asked permissi
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Dean Robertson I have a terrible confession here. I have spent the past year writing, editing, reading, rereading, rewriting, submitting, and - the miracle-finding a…moreI have a terrible confession here. I have spent the past year writing, editing, reading, rereading, rewriting, submitting, and - the miracle-finding a publisher for my first book. I think I had the opposite of writer's block. I simply could not stop writing. I wrote all day; I wrote in the middle of the night. I was consumed by it. I neglected my health, my family, my friends (but not my cat). So, we'll see what happens with the next book.(less)
Dean Robertson I have loved the independence of writing, being able to make my own schedule, being able to work in my pajamas, being able to mix it up and write a w…more I have loved the independence of writing, being able to make my own schedule, being able to work in my pajamas, being able to mix it up and write a while, do laundry, make a couple of phone calls, vary my day. (less)
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THOTS And other contributions to the state of THE UNION  ? ?      A Blog by Sheila Dinwiddie   When I first met Sheila Dinwiddie, she was sad and writing poetry. At my house yesterday, she was looking for the theme for her life, and writing haiku.  A month ago, Sheila talked to me [...]
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“To this day God is the name by which I designate all things which cross my willful path violently and recklessly, all things which upset my subjective views, plans and intentions and change the course of my life for better or worse (Carl Jung).”
Dean Robertson, Looking for Lydia; Looking for God: From 2014 to the Civil War, the Journey of Thirteen Women

“Make no mistake: if he rose at all
It was as His body;
If the cell’s dissolution did not reverse, the molecule reknit,
The amino acids rekindle,
The Church will fall.”
John Updike

“If somebody tole you, hit could be a lie. But if you dream hit, hit can't be a lie case ain't nobody there to tole hit to you”
William Faulkner, The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text

“The thousands of wealth have fallen with wonders, said Rabbi Nathan of Nemirov. Do you find this unclear? It certainly sounds like the sort of thing thousands of wealth do. They fall. Does anyone know what the rabbi meant by wonders?”
Annie Dillard, For the Time Being: Essays

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