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Friday, October 24, 2014 8:37:08 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Doxacon West presentation now posted!:
Donna said, "Now in podcast on Ancient Faith Radio:My talk "A Spell for the Refreshment of the Spirit"Without the slideshow, I hope it is still understandable. This was the version (mostly the same as the original) that I gave at the inaugural Doxacon Seattle..." more
Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:39:24 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled My review of The Giver on The Sounding Blog:
Donna said, "Recently I re-read Lois Lowry's YA dystopia, The Giver-- as a result of having seen a trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation. If you are interested, check out my review on The Sounding Blog, where I have contributed a few other times.But BE..." more
Monday, July 7, 2014 11:46:41 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Strange Coincidences?:
Donna said, "Wow. On the left, the poster for Extant, TV series starting this summer….and on the right, the cover of Universe 2, an SF anthology edited by Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber and published in 1992. I happen to have had a story, "The..." more
Friday, May 30, 2014 9:23:21 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled new review of Ravens of Farne:
Donna said, "This was so nice to come across. I don't know the blogger herself.http://lessonsfromamonastery.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/book-review-the-ravens-of-farne-a-tale-of-saint-cuthbert-by-donna-farley/"I have often found children’s books to be more rich..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:36:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled A New Post on The Sounding Blog:
Donna said, "I'm an occasional contributor to The Sounding Blog on the Orthodox Christian Network. I happen to have a new post up today, "Seeing Icons and Being Icons". Hop on over there, I hope you enjoy it…..and at the same time, you will find lots of..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 10:36:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Conciliar Press (now Ancient Faith Publishing) BIG clearance sale.:
Donna said, "It's not every day you get a THREE DOLLAR book sale!Hop on over to the Ancient Faith online store and stock up for your church bookstore or to save for gifts! All three of my Conciliar Press books are among those on sale, as well as Fr...." more
Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:48:03 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled CICADA magazine reprints "Egg":
Donna said, "My story "Egg" first appeared in the pages of this well-known YA magazine, CICADA (from the Cricket Group) nearly a decade ago. To read a teaser, see their website for the Sept/Oct 2013 issue. "
Friday, September 6, 2013 11:19:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled TWO BOOKS I WISH I'D WRITTEN AND WHY:
Donna said, "This is another of a series of articles I wrote in the nineties for Steve Stanton's Christian Vision newsletter for Christian writers (no longer publishing). Since the movie of Ender's Game is about to come out, I thought now was a good..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Appearances in 2013-- DOXACON and more!:
Donna said, "UPDATE: Haiku event at Chapters Robson in Vancouver is changed to Thursday, May 23rd. Every few years, it seems, I leave my cave and get out and about a little for a change. As of now I have no less than three outings scheduled for..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Moms, Modesty, and Merida's Makeover:
Donna said, "The post below appeared last week on The Sounding Blog at Orthodox Christian Network. While the petition to Disney seemed at first to have had some effect, this now appears not to be the case. Yet a petition that now has over 200,000..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled James making music:
Donna said, "Picture thanks to Jacquie Pearce. This was the Vancouver Haiku Group's reading a couple of weeks ago at the Robson St. Chapters Vancouver. This is my godson the multi-talented James Mullin accompanying poet Kozue Uzawa’s tanka..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled My upcoming presentation at DOXACON July 19-21 Springfield VA:
Donna said, "UPDATE: The con & presentation have come & gone, and you can read my report on my Storyspell blog. I have just discovered the joys of PowerPoint. Wow. The new version on the Mac I got last year is way more easy to use and more..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:01:26 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Doxacon story on Archdiocese.ca:
Donna said, "Photo: Metropolitan Savas Zembilas (Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Pittsburgh) with Mat. Donna Farley (l, Archdiocese of Canada), Psa. Stephanie Subu, Fr. David Subu(Romanian Episcopate) & other participants at the first DoxaconWith the blessing..." more
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:32:12 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Pie Time:
Donna said, "If you heard about the recent 'prank' pulled by teachers in a Windsor ON school, you may have noticed commenters calling for various strong responses, ranging from 'fire the teachers!' to 'quit coddling the students!' Predictably,..." more
Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:34:25 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Sandpaper Tongues:
Donna said, " Sandpaper TonguesA knife in the back and it’s over;Sandpaper tongues instead lick their slow torture again..." more
Monday, July 16, 2012 12:16:43 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled cannibalizing myself:
Donna said, "My writing, that is...and adding a few extra ingredients I hadn't thought about for a while in order to cobble together this blog post for the Orthodox Christian Network's Writers and Artists Series. "
Monday, July 2, 2012 11:30:51 AM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Few and True:
Donna said, " Image courtesy of ThistleDewA word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Prov. 25:11For some..." more
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 8:39:20 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Wings of Imagination:
Donna said, "another of my old column entries from the Christian Vision writers' newsletter published mumblety-something years ago. Hyperlinks added to bring it into the cyber-age-- DFWINGS OF IMAGINATIONbyDonna FarleySometimes I wonder why God didn't give us..." more
Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:45:12 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Real Christians Don't Eat Each Other:
Donna said, "I am moving some of my material from my shawwebspace page over here to the Rafters. This one is a Lenten article so I thought I might as well just post it up top-- MatDThis article of mine appeared in my column about the church year in The..." more
Saturday, March 3, 2012 6:28:28 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled I WAS AFRAID OF THAT (or, Blindsided by the Muse) by Donna Farley Did I ask for this? Well, maybe I did, but I never thought I'd get it, not like this. There I am, just sitting innocently in the rocking chair by the window with a fresh cup of tea, :
Donna said, "Did I ask for this? Well, maybe I did, but I never thought I'd get it, not like this. There I am, just sitting innocently in therocking chair by the window with a freshcup of tea, and BAM! Blindsided by themuse. ..." more
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:53:49 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled To wear the leek upon St. Tavy's Day....:
Donna said, "FLUELLENYour majesty says very true: if your majesties isremembered of it, the Welshmen did good service in agarden where leeks did grow, wearing leeks in theirMonmouth caps; which, your majesty know, to thishour is an honourable badge of the..." more
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:26:09 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled The Breath of LIfe:
Donna said, " Another post from my old column in Christian Vision writers' newsletter-- DF THE BREATH OF LIFETo write is to breathe. We breathe in experience, we breathe out words. In fact, we may be breathing the breath oflife into others,..." more
Friday, February 17, 2012 9:53:06 AM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled HAVING SOME HONEST WORDS:
Donna said, "This is one of several old entries in a column I had for the Skysong Press newsletter for Christians Writers, Christian Vision, in the 1990s. Some of the material in some of these articles may be a bit dated now, and if I have time I may re-edit..." more
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:47:20 PM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Be exactly like me and you can be my Valentine:
Donna said, "Be exactly like me, and you can be my Valentine! That’s the message of this year’s Valentine Googledoodle. Never mind the discussions about same-sex marriage-- I am closing comments on this post simply because I do not want that incendiary topic..." more
Sunday, February 22, 2015 12:52:06 AM
Donna Farley wrote a blog post titled Strategic Retreat:
Donna said, ""It started with a fire on the stove. A moment’s inattention to some oil and three kernels of popcorn in a pot. Never mind, clap the lid on, set the pot outside! The smoke alarm never even went off, but there was still enough soot to grime up the..." more