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Dear “New York Times”/critically modified:

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Dear New York Times,

The Ghost Writers are at it, again. You know…creating their little mistresspieces out of the stuff we’ve already written.

You might take a note.

Without an ounce of bitterness, allow me to say that I own my home. And, situated nicely between two north/south arteries in my fair city, this old farmhouse is in no danger of eminent domain. Yeah; it’s mine, and I get to keep it.

Oh; and, the mortgage company was paid off years ago. With money I actually earned, doing what used to be called “hard work.” So, they can get off that.

In addition, my parents taught me to save money, which I did every two weeks over and above the pension which took a portion on its own. So, I won’t be clamoring after any of their cronies for hand outs any time soon.

So, even if only eight or ten people legitimately read what I have to say every week, that handful of precious gems – an honest lot, by and large, and humble – are my new friends. And, every honorable citizen knows that true friends are a bond inseparable by the lure of greed, covetousness, or any other of the seven deadlies to which so many ascribe.  There’s a word for people who wallow in that mire: dissolution. Kind of like a half life for the progeny of a poison.

Derisive laughter. Distorting smirks. Nervous tics. Drawers of nooks and crannies filled with pestled, white powder. Xanax. Ambien. Aloof dispassion. It’s all the same. The hallmark of lives lived disingenuously. Barnacles, all.

Yeah. Just me, on behalf of every honest creative, checking in. The rest can go about their dirty business. We’re still here, minding the truth.

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© Ruth Ann Scanzillo 2/12/16. All rights, for what it’s worth, reserved. Thanks to those who respect that.

littlebarefeetblog.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once, Again.

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Dear Students of Creative Writing and Critical Analysis,

Yes. Here we are, again. Partners in the trek toward sinless perfection.

I’ll be trying, much harder, this season to: punctuate precisely; organize effectively; modify sentence structure to accommodate my penchant for natural rhythm; generally bow to your professor’s need to subjugate me.

Why?

Because I know who she is. She used to be my friend. I thought she was my friend, that is. But, we all know that friendship, true friendship, is actually a rare thing; most relationships, and other symbiotic convergences, are just a mild mockery thereof.

Yes; friends, when they really are, avoid competing with or against one another. Their needs are not transcended by “one-upmanship” (see what I did there, with the quotation marks?), their association never marred by gossip or slander; rather, true friends always have each other’s backs, and try to find ways in which each of them can truly support the other’s strengths as well as buoy their weaknesses.

But, this woman was a piece of work. Anything I did, she had to do better. Anything I created, she had to produce, as well. I was a performing musician; she married one. I played on a Steinway grand; she bought one. Any dinner out was reason to crow about her latest accomplishment. Anything I said ended up in her novel. Any venture I took was reason for her to get another degree.

So, have a good year picking apart my blog posts and using them for critical fodder. The rest of the readers, I’m hoping, will see beyond the flaws and connect with my heart and soul. I’m not sure if you have either of those, else you wouldn’t be in here with your red pencils poised – now, would you?

All the best, starlings. The world is a vast and unexplored adventure, wherein ready room lies, inviting us all.

Sincerely,

This Writer.

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© Ruth Ann Scanzillo

9/2/15

littlebarefeetblog.com

Plagiarists??

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ATTENTION FELLOW WORDPRESS BLOGGERS:

Debordesignsportfolio.com and publiclifeofbees.com  ( *the latter only searchable by typing in ” the public life of bees” rather than the compressed, no spaces between the letters, URL address), both WordPress.com sites, have been found by COPYSENTRY at COPYSCAPE.COM to have copied two of my pieces, “New York”, my actual About page (Ruth Ann Scanzillo), “Staying (Take 2)”, and “Two by Two, Times Two”.

In addition (according to Copyscape.com’s Copysentry ) these sites have copied from my pieces “Finals”; “Just Who Do You Think You Are?”; and, “Bumblebees”:  http://hawkinslibraries.org/events/http://picturesoffargo.com/http://oumakein.com/http://thilzycreates.com/http://welcometokaliyuga.com/http://thesoupboy.com/http://giovannihale.com/https://en.wordpress.com/tag/russian-immigrants/

Please avoid those WordPress.com sites, or join me in registering the complaint to WordPress.com

You might also comment at those sites, notifying that this action has been observed by Copysentry, so that the owners of these sites are aware that fellow bloggers are apprised.

ALSO: IF YOU ARE A VISITOR, who is neither a WordPress.com site blogger or a Facebook Friend of mine, you may have noticed that you cannot access my site beyond the home page. THIS may have been CAUSED by Copysentry, which, because I’d inadvertantly put my blog address in the box where I was to have placed the offender’s address, interpreted my complaint to be about my own address!?!

Thank you, readers!

Sincerely,

Ruth Ann Scanzillo

author, and domain owner, of:  littlebarefeetblog.com

8/5/15