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Constant Commoner has Moved.

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Ramona Grigg

Hello, readers, thanks for visiting. In my last post I told you I was packing up and moving to Substack and beyond, but Constant Commoner would remain. Well, this version of Constant Commoner will be here, and all the posts … Continue reading →

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Hi Everybody, I’m Trying Something New. Won’t you come along?

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Ramona Grigg

I’ve been away for a while so some of you may have forgotten all about me. So sad, my bad. I mean it! Some of you may just have happened upon this blog and wondered why it’s so quiet here. … Continue reading →

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Words Into Sentences and Then Into Art

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Ramona Grigg

From the time I discovered that letters of the alphabet are there to make words, I’ve loved the words they make. As my reading matured I grew to love how those simple words could be molded into marvelous sentences. Sentences … Continue reading →

Posted in Art and Artists, creativity, Inspiration, On Writing and Media, Uncategorized | Tagged creativity, Inspiration, language, rewriting, writing | Leave a comment

Dark Sky Magic

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Ramona Grigg

Aurora Borealis, the Milky Way, and my own North Star. The US at night — NASA I love this map of the lights from space, but I have to look really hard to make out the outline of my particular neighborhood. That’s because … Continue reading →

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So Now I’m a Publisher/Editor. Sort of.

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Ramona Grigg

I’ve been spending a lot of time over at Medium learning the ropes, and I have to say–it ain’t all pretty. Lots of learning curves; mainly, I suspect, because the powers-that-be at that behemoth website are still tweaking, still trying … Continue reading →

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An Album of Unlikely Beauty

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Ramona Grigg

I was sifting through my pictures yesterday, looking for specific photos for a project (always a daunting task, since I’m terrible at making folders and keeping track of the thousands of pics I keep online), when I realized how, in … Continue reading →

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Writer Desperately Seeking Agent. Looking For Somebody Nice.

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Ramona Grigg

Okay, It’s come to this: I need help. I’m a writer. I’ve been a writer for most of my life. But if being a “writer” means you’re getting paid for your work, then I’m not that. Not any longer. There … Continue reading →

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Earth Day: A Revisit

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Ramona Grigg

The earth is our only home.  We owe it to her–and to ourselves–to keep her healthy. At some point we have to heed the warnings. We’re at the stage now where the earth would be better off without us. Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty and joy, Education, Nature, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged Earth Day, Environmentalism, Gaylord Nelson, Wallace Stegner | Leave a comment

About Blogging: Turns Out It’s Personal

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Ramona Grigg

I’ve made all sorts of promises about what I want to do here, and haven’t kept a single one, so I’m making no promises about what’s going to happen here. I’m just going to blog as if this is a blog and I’m the blogger. We’ll see how it goes. Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Inspiration, Memoir, On Writing and Media, Uncategorized | Tagged blogging, Challenges, Gray's Anatomy, Inspiration, Scandal, Shonda Rhimes, writing | 4 Comments

A case against using your Blog as a Journal

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Ramona Grigg

Note:  This piece is from my archives (January, 2013).  I’m putting it up again because I think it bears repeating.  See what you think. I love reading the diaries and journals of famous writers and artists. My interest in how … Continue reading →

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