Maria L. Berg

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About Maria L. Berg
Maria Berg is a fiction writer, poet and lyricist. Her writing is fueled by a full life of leaping without hesitation: She worked for N.A.S.A., was the youngest Peace Corps Volunteer, and more recently was quoted and pictured in Ernie K-Doe: The R & B Emperor of New Orleans by Ben Sandmel. She hosts a weekly writing group, edits upon request, and enjoys clothing, costume and puzzle design.
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Blog postHappiness This morning I was wondering, how is happiness different from other abstract nouns I’ve explored: comfort, joy, or delight? Then I looked up the definition and there they all were: good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy: delighted, pleased, or glad. So luck was in there too. Though one can be happy about a singular result–a … Continue reading →5 days ago Read more
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Blog postContinuing my Sunday visual poetry, I’m abandoning my magnets for a new overlay idea that goes well with today’s homograph “combine.” Combine As you have probably noticed, I like to unite prompts for a common purpose; many prompts join forces to create one poem. I join many ideas into a close union, creating a new … Continue reading →1 week ago Read more
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Blog postFragility The quality or state of being easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed: delicate; brittle; frail: vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: lacking in substance or force; flimsy: in a weakened physical state; slight; tenuous: fragility comes to everything and everyone at one point or another. I think of thin, brittle, sheer tissue; skeletal frames; loose … Continue reading →1 week ago Read more
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Blog postDelight This study of abstract nouns through abstract photography brings me extreme pleasure and satisfaction. To capture that delight today, I used my favorite fuzzy fabric as a backdrop, my favorite spiral filter, and used the camera flash in the mirrorworld. Some of the results were surprising and delightful. For Cinco de Mayo at dVerse … Continue reading →1 week ago Read more
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Blog postBravery What is bravery? Courage. What is courage? Bravery. I love this stuff. It is a quality of mind or spirit that allows a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. Other than military imagery of facing the enemy and facing death, what does bravery look like? How do I capture a quality … Continue reading →1 week ago Read more
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Blog postMy Theme For my theme this year, I chose abstract nouns which are words for things that aren’t perceived by the senses, and can’t be physically measured. They are ideas, qualities, or states rather than concrete objects. I chose this theme because I combine the A to Z Challenge with National Poetry Writing Month and … Continue reading →1 week ago Read more
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Blog postThis Sunday is the first of the month, and all the challenges are over, but I thought I would close with a visual poem guided by a homograph. Close I really enjoy homographs that have different pronunciations. Close can be an adjective or adverb; a noun or verb.Pronounced klohsadjective – near in space or time: … Continue reading →2 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postZealousness Ardent activity, devotion, or diligence. What is ardent? With great conviction or zeal. I have no idea why I follow circular definitions with such intense emotion; passionately and fervently; such zealousness; I guess that’s something more for me to explore. Here we are at the last day of April: the last day of National … Continue reading →2 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postYearning Yearning is a deep longing: a strong, persistent craving or desire accompanied by tenderness or sadness for something unattainable or distant. Thinking about how to represent yearning, I thought about how the other abstract nouns I’ve explored this month are entangled with yearning: Ambition, Goals, Ideas, Needs and Hopes can induce yearning; people yearn … Continue reading →2 weeks ago Read more
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Blog postXanadu I had to stretch a little bit to find something that starts with X. Xanadu is a proper noun for a mythical place, but it can serve as a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, and that is how I intend it today for our abstraction. It is described as a “stately pleasure-dome” … Continue reading →2 weeks ago Read more
Titles By Maria L. Berg
Gator McBumpypants in Shelley Comes Out Of Her Shell (Gator McBumpypants and Friends Book 5)
Dec 17, 2017
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Gator McBumpypants and Herman are excited to get to know Shelley, but she isn't making it easy. When she finally agrees to an adventure to the sunning log, she leaves quickly and then won't come out of her shell for days. Can Herman and Gator McBumpypants find a way to get past her hard exterior and find the friend inside?
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Dee Dee invites Gator McBumpypants and Herman on a grand adventure. They spend a wonderful day exploring, but Dee Dee hasn't only planned a day of fun. She has something she needs to tell them. Why did Dee Dee plan a special day? And what big secret is she keeping for the end?
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Herman makes a new friend while out flying. Her name is Dee Dee and she is a duck. Dee Dee is special because she can fly like Herman and swim like Gator McBumpypants, but can they find a way to all play together?
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When Herman learns to fly, Gator McBumpypants worries if they can still be friends. Herman shows off his flying ability in these full color photos taken as Maria spies on her stuffed animals.
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Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise
Sep 11, 2014
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A noise disturbs Gator McBumpypants' happy day, so he decides to investigate. This book, filled with colorful photographs, introduces the adventures of a fuzzy, bumpy, friendly stuffed alligator in the world outside.
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