Sweets and Treats

Somewhere In Oregon,
June 2025

If you sell homemade breads and babka at your
local Farmers Market, BRING BACK THE BABKA!
pairs perfectly!

  • My Anger Rages

    A five-stanza haiku to try to express how I’m feeling after another antisemitic attack in our country. #amwriting #amquering #kidlit

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  • Being My Own Best Agent

    Being My Own Best Agent

    by Marilyn Wolpin I just spent a most disheartening hour researching agents. The agent I’d been stalking for almost two years sent me her latest “no thank you” yesterday and since that’s the third strike, I’ve decided it’s time to move on. I have a database with 175 agent names. I love databases. They are

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  • I am NOT an Aspiring Writer

    I am NOT an Aspiring Writer

    by Marilyn Wolpin I am NOT an aspiring writer. I AM a writer. I write stories for children, haikus, letters to the editor, blogs, and queries. I don’t aspire to write these. I just do it. According to Webster’s to aspire is to hope to achieve something. Do you “aspiring” writers hope to achieve writing?

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  • Libraries Are a Gift

    Libraries Are a Gift

    by Marilyn Wolpin I am lucky to live within a five-mile radius of three libraries – each in a different town. I use my computer to find the books I’m looking for and usually locate most of them in one of the three. Once a week I visit at least two of these libraries to

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  • Should I Hit Send?

    Query composed Finger hovers Stare out window Watch the trees Is it right? Should I send? SEND! Now I wait Stare out window Watch the trees Could I have said more? Should I have said less? Check email Wait five minutes Check email Repeat.

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