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June 15, 2006 01:47 PM EDT -- I wrote this article specifically for a new group called Minnesota Readers but am posting it to everyone at Gather as I'm currently engaged in a publicity tour for my new book, The Scent of God. . . . more
tears of joy
by jessie voigts
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April 28, 2006 12:07 PM EDT -- beryl recently sent me a link to her page at the Minnesota States ArtsBoard site of the Art of Recovery reading she did last weekend, at theMinnesota State Arts Board.  There's a video of her . . . more
June 19, 2006 07:57 PM EDT -- I returned from the Minneapolis jubilant but tired. My mind had spun into overtime during this portion of the publication tour for my book The Scent of God. Overwhelmed by publicity efforts, my calendar . . . more
May 31, 2006 07:24 AM EDT -- The Minneapolis leg of the publication tour for my book, The Scent of God, went swimmingly. The interview with Pat Miles and Susie Jones on WCCO so pleased my publicist at Counterpoint in New . . . more
March 03, 2007 11:44 AM EST --  I wrote the below during the midst of a blizzard and then lost my connection for two days. I am finally able to repost with photos.      I am in total awe. We have got massive seas . . . more
December 03, 2006 05:29 PM EST -- I thought I’d completed the process of writing a book when my memoir, The Scent of God , was published by Counterpoint, NY, this April. I didn’t realize that the most arduous part of authorship . . . more
August 04, 2006 01:51 PM EDT -- If you've been reading my posts for a while, you'll know that I've been awaiting a "writer's dream." No. It's not making the NY Times best seller list. This dream concerns . . . more
May 19, 2006 12:44 PM EDT -- I wrote this earlier in May but forgot to publish it here. Perhaps you won't mind another spring awakening. The bloodroot is blooming on the Superior Hiking Trail in Schroeder. Dutchman's britches . . . more
May 29, 2006 10:44 AM EDT -- The Transformation of Beatrix or, Beryl Walks into a Room...  ...and the place is immediately fresh and bright.  We turn to see a slight, alluring woman dressed in understated elegance.  . . . more
July 22, 2006 09:32 PM EDT -- I come before you humbled and admonished. My son said, "Mom, how could you?" My husband said, "But Beryl . . ." Sportsmen  said "You didn't!" Yes. I have sinned . . . more
April 19, 2007 12:35 PM EDT -- To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of The Scent of God, I am offering a free signed copy to each of 10 lucky winners. All you have to do is share your feelings about the book jacket after . . . more
November 15, 2006 12:41 PM EST -- I will be reading from my memoir, The Scent of God , at the Hennepin County Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center MN on Tuesday, November 21, 7 pm. I'd love to meet Gatherers in the area and am  . . . more
May 12, 2007 10:54 AM EDT -- Friday, May 11: The second stop on my book tour takes us to beloved Gather blogger Kathryn Esplin Oleski. I first met Kathryn on Gather in its very early days when there were only several hundred of us . . . more
May 28, 2007 08:32 PM EDT -- The Liar’s Diary: A Book Review   Gather keeps getting better. I keep bumping into fine writers that I hadn’t encountered before and a growing number of outstanding authors. Often these . . . more
February 15, 2007 12:44 PM EST --  Since late November I’ve watched a new beach form on our Lake Superior shoreline. It did not exist when we moved here eight years ago. It grows a bit every day. Now it measures around 18 feet . . . more
March 05, 2007 12:28 PM EST -- Just couldn't resist posting a few more photos of the incredible ice mountains formed last Thursday and Friday due to the blizzard on Lake Superior's North Shore. My hubby, Bill Christ, was in . . . more
October 03, 2006 05:10 PM EDT -- I've been indulging myself recently, reading books written by Gather members: Damian McNicholl's A Son Called Gabriel, Moya Goatley's Basket of Rain, and Brazil, the spectacular historical . . . more
I didn't ask
by Beryl Singleton Bissell
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September 18, 2006 04:40 PM EDT -- On September 18, five years ago, I prepared my daughter Francesca's room. I put fresh sheets on the bed and cleaned her bureau drawers of the paraphanalia that had accumulated . . . more
October 03, 2007 10:31 PM EDT -- For months I counted down the days until Ann Patchett's newest book Run arrived in my mailbox. When it arrived I immediately set aside what I was doing and lost myself in the joy of her story-telling.  . . . more
October 05, 2006 07:11 PM EDT -- This summer, as one week wended toward the next with no sign of rain, many of us believed we'd have little fall color. The trees were too stressed we thought. And, when the color seemed to peak around . . . more
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