Tag Archives: writing

Writing songs

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I’m in a definite “place,” lately, with regards to the writing process overall. Five songs written in the last few months–which, for me has been staggering.  Writing for the blog? Well, that comes a little easier, but the process for … Continue reading →

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Plowing towards the season . . .

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

This is where I live.  Upper Sacramento River, Dog Creek Bridge . . .  

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The launch

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

  Tying my first Kebari fly for the mad dash up the mountain, and to the McCLoud. Like time, and friendship, the wait is worth the journey. . . .    

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Forgiveness

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

I say forgive–and then forget but I aint learned to do it yet you’d think I’d know by now . . . I know just how to hurt someone been on both sides of that gun– pulled the trigger anyhow … Continue reading →

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Coming out of hiding

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Ron Giesecke

It seems the writing bug has hit me yet again, in spite of whatever overwhelming wave of neopessimism undergirded the last post. Okay.  I have dark moments.  Sue me.  So do you.  I just happened to forge some articulate,  wheedling … Continue reading →

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Chuck Taylors, ukuleles, and my own sanity.

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I really wish I was a one-note samba.  I mean it.  I wish I had one ability, one passion, one benevolent, artistic master to which I paid supplication and deference. But that isn’t me.  One minute I’m a blogger.  The … Continue reading →

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Finally, the step out . . .

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I have this friend named Stu, who told me his conversations go like this: “I’m headed to work today. Can’t wait to get there.” “Why, what are you going to do?” “Play Ukulele all day, and you?” This doesn’t necessarily … Continue reading →

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Comments, re-blogging, and the gratuitous traffic grab

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Any engaged writer that has ever sat and Googled “How can increase my blog traffic” soon realized:  the sites you are sent to did the same thing once and figured out that making a blog about increasing web traffic does … Continue reading →

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Exercise: The six-word horror story

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

A while back, I saw a favorite blogger of mine–someone who does what’s called an “overnight thread” make a brief pass at this subject.  It was an exercise such as this one in which a full story arc can be … Continue reading →

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Robin Williams: The eyes had it.

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

There was always something about Robin Williams–something intangibly lurking behind the eyes that betrayed a sadness in direct disproportion to the joys he conjured in others. His face would smile, but his eyes–the EYES. They were different. They told of … Continue reading →

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