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Here Are Marguerite's First Six Books!

Last Edited 24 October 2025.

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Nine fine books for you! Here are the first splendid six. With always more to come. Already several in the hopper! Oh; what a joy for me; and i am hoping; also for you. Have a look!🎋

Happy Trails

The Jazz Meister

The Honor Code

Fledgling Season

Song Song Blue

The Way of the Goat

With all of these dear unusual books heartily recommended by me; your literary hostess; Marguerite Bloem; and surely very beautiful! And just to note; that this site can be somewhat richly densely wordy; and can perhaps be better enjoyed on a desktop or laptop; but; as long as you buy a volume or two!-Oh; good then!🎋marguerite

I AM SHARING several small shorter beauties this time.-That feature a beautiful simple original cover foto and design; of the sort that no one is doing these days! My covers are simple; elegant; beautiful! And likewise; my interiors too. And you will find; that my text has a delicious rhyme and reason and structure and rhythm and form! That will gently sweep you along; page to page; until you need more.-Books; that is! I am calling these dear small works novellas.-Perhaps for their more gentle simple immediate scope. (No long and winding tomes this time.) Although i have done; and quite enjoy those too. But changing form; on occasion; is a lovely thing to do!

Or; they can also be small collections of more loosely-connected short stories. Or; if they are shorter in pages or smaller in form; i am thinking of them as Story Cards.-I hope you enjoy! And ever stay tuned for more. As i still have many more projects in mind!🎋marguerite bloem

BOOK ONE. Happy Trails!

Paperback; 6 x 9; 67 pages.

This is a lovely dear collection
of nine small linked short stories!

This dear slim volume; is a celebration of the beautiful interesting people you can meet; walking the streets of our neighborhoods. And they do not all look like you!-Nor do they have to. (We celebrate diversity in my burg.) I have walked the city streets all my life; and i love to see the whole world!🎋marguerite

BOOK TWO.
The Jazz Meister.

Paperback; 6 x 9; 71 pages.

This is a dear small novella of nine sweet chapters.-It is written for adults; but with the gentle innocence and joy and simplicity of a children's book! Because sometimes life is that. It is a celebration of an old revered jazz master; who taught our dear boy jazz.-Oh, mama; the saxophone! Come watch those kids as they try to master those sweet charming rough innocent tones.

Which the papa also played.-The saxophone; and guitar. While i loved to sing; with my piano and dear small accordion.-I also played the cello; and alto and soprano blockflöten. Because we love music in our home! (I love to celebrate that by my book.) That boy got so good on sax!-Crazy good; scary good! But make note; that his mama taught him how to read music; and how to count those crazy jazzy notes. Because no one else was teaching those kids that! Which seemed strange to both of us. But that was really fun for me! He learned so fast; i loved that!-Ah; cat granny bloem. (Well; i mean; because my boy; who lives in another city now; has two beautiful cats!) I do not know if they like the saxophone. Or if they like it as much as i did! But i'll bet over time they will. He is their papa after all! And in my family; papa's rule! Well; of course; mama's too. And of course; that boy ever and always did too.🎋

BOOK THREE.

The Honor Code.

Paperback; 6 x 9; 85 pages.

This is quite a serious tome.-Well; it is a novella then. Of eight small important chapters. Whose import are greater perhaps; than their page length! But you can say a lot in few pages! If you must; as you must. As; of course; sometimes you have to. But okay; so maybe not a gift book; this one. I mean; it would not be a light book.-But still. Yeah; i see what you mean; but still.

Okay.-So this book is a deadly earnest study of societies. And especially; women's worlds. And; most notably; bullying.-Though sadly; sometimes it seems; or always perhaps it seems; a troubled beat goes on. This is a sad but necessary story.-About the bullies who can ruin our lives! Though one brave mother tries to rise above it all! As you must; as you must. As there are ever and always such better things to do! Sing a song; read a book; take a walk; go to the zoo.-Oh; yeah; i see what you mean.-Write a book! Write a book; goose!-Thank you.🎋marguerite bloem

BOOK FOUR.

Fledgling Season.

Paperback; 5.5 x 8.5; 43 pages. This could be a dear small gift book perhaps! Because who doesn't love baby birds? Four dear small chapters tell this gentle heartfelt tale.

Here is a celebration of a fleeting friend; who sat on our porch rail one day.-One sweet fledgling baby crow.-As two mamas; one human; one crow; faithfully lingered to watch over him. Well okay; my boy and my husband were there too! We each kept a watch and took a walk or two. You do what you have to do!🎋Yours truly; the surrogate crow mama; marguerite bloem.

BOOK FIVE.
Song, Song Blue.

Paperback; 4.25 x 6.875; 29 pages. Here is one of my conceived story cards. And perhaps a dear small gift book too!-Of the sad sad political song; that we are all singing today. From one faithful democratic mama; whose heart will remain unapologetically true blue!-And; she will still sing her beautiful song too! No woke this; or crazy lunatic that.-No way! Not ever that.

Here is a dear old author's gentle quiet reverie.-And reflection on democracy.-And; a beautiful poignant foto too! (As will be true with most of her books. These fotos are personal to her!) Give this sweet small book to a friend! Who maybe; feels as you do! Singing is always better then.-With five; ten; one hundred; one thousand!-Or even; just two. Do-re-mi; what range are you; what key are you?! She is joyfully top to bottom! In the key of true blue.-Ja; that is her; that is me!🎋Le prima donna; marguerite bloem.

BOOK SIX.
The Way of the Goat.

Paperback; 6x9; 37 pages.

This could be another dear small gift book perhaps! For its dear wonderful quirky nature; and wonderful curiosity. In two delicious chapters; Miss Margaux tells her quite necessary tale.-Of politics; and goats! And it seems; quite inevitably; another gentle resistance then; against the troubling rule of the day. But when will they go away?!

Here; our dogged friend; Miss Margaux; must resist a common insult flung about; by the ruling politicos of her time; regarding the state of being woke.-But no! Miss Margaux must assert her true identity here.-They just got a coupla letters wrong! But Miss Margaux is the GOAT!-Not woke. But maybe they will get it by the by. And also; of most important note; is that Miss Margaux's heart will always remain; with all of the immigrants in her country in this time.-Whose lives and families and livelihoods are at risk. In her community; there are organizations who help and advise folks with those things.-Find those people; and stay safe! Please stay safe and take care all. In time; this too will pass; and we will try to fix it all! Let's just say that; okay?! Good then; or not; but it will be.🎋marguerite

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Some extra notes regarding Marguerite's Bloemworks offerings! These are technical notes; and gift notes. Or pleasing pairings or collections of her books for you to read. These are excellent notes! And ya'll come back now! Bon voyage; peace; love.-We will get it back; we will get it back. In a more resounding force than ever before!🎋

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Here is Marguerite's Christmas Page!

Last Edited 24 October 2025.

Author Marguerite
Bloem Loves Christmas!

All year-round! Especially now; when we need it most. The politics deeply dishearten me.-Stay strong! And stay artful; heartful; spiritual; joyful. The book below; that i bought decades ago; was a priceless used bookstore find! I bought it; well; ostensibly for my boy; but you know.-I truly love to read it myself! I used to dream of living on a farm!🎋marguerite

My Best Christmas Find.

The station called Classical King FM streams classical music; and gorgeous gorgeous Christmas music; all the livelong day! It fills my puttering hours with peace and joy.-Which we in the US need the most now. Hang tight; and listen hard; and make beautiful thoughts; pages; beautiful things! Only beautiful things.-Okay? Because there is enough of the other.🎋🎋

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My Very Own

Christmas Offerings.

I took this foto at a sweet downtown Christmas display one year. It is the kind of dress that most young girls would dream of having!-Though i never did quite get one. As new immigrants then; we got most of our clothing from the thrift store; or the church rummage sale.-Or hand-me-downs from the older girls; of course. But you become very creative that way! And a sort of artist too! You grow up to see the possibility in things.-I mean; in almost everything! I can see a small rag and think; what could i make from that?!

And now; i see that in my life's stories too.

My deeply thoughtful; and also; sometimes playful books; that i would like to offer you for Christmas; can be found by the links throughout this page; and also; the links and descriptions on my other pages! So please have a look around; and you will discover; that no one else is making these dear accessible affordable approachable slender readers.-That is a triple-A book then!

These lovely books are also all of these.-They are pleasing to the hand and eye. They are pleasing to a gently inquiring artistic and literary mind. And they are designed especially as gifts perhaps! To comprise a unique affordable collection all their own! Bravo you; for finding me then! Or rather; i mean; namaste; and thank you! And tell your friends to come visit too! Unless you want to keep their Christmas gift a secret.-Oh; you!🎋

FOR CHRISTMAS especially; i would like to recommend my beautiful new book; Eventide. Which is a dear thoughtful innocent book; by a girl (and now grown lady); whose family came from war. And so; they have some things to say about war! (Which has been; of course; the sad deeply-uncomfortable subject of our planet in this heartbreaking day.) Though this book is not about any specific war. But just some dear philosophical gatherings by that girl and grown lady; in the form of gentle; poetic; deeply-thoughtful life's stories.

These gatherings consider many important beautiful things.-Like immigration; language; culture; international connection; education; music; poetry; art; children; family; history.-And hope. With a certain obstinate belief that mankind can do better.-Don't you think? She does too; they do too. Yours for world peace; and why not?! Peace on earth.🎋marguerite

ALL OF MY other books are truly excellent too; and can be of interest to many different sorts of readers.-Have a careful look! And don't leave these pages until you have bought a volume or two! People are grateful for the gifts you give! You can make someone's day that way! And you are surely deserving of one too.-So buy several volumes or more! Or buy all nine of them!

It is always nice to have something around; for some very special occasion; when you might need to! Yours in words and art; and peace and beauty. And of course; democracy! Yes; please; always democracy. What else would we say? What else would we want? What else would we do? That is the only answer for me. See you on my lovely pages then. And thank you for your interest in my work!🎋The once-Dutch girl; marguerite bloem.

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Here Are Marguerite's Next Six Books!

Welcome In!

And please discover my next six books; with ever and always more to come! But for now; for your gentle thoughtful reading pleasure are.-The Leaving; Eventide; and Field Notes. As ever highly recommended; of course! By your diligent conscientious author and literary host; Marguerite Bloem. Who is working on several new volumes for you. They just kind of sneak up on you! Which is truly the loveliest thing! To keep finding books in you.-Stay tuned.🎋marguerite

THE FIRST THREE of these

second six books are.🎋

The Leaving

Eventide

Field Notes

IN MY FIRST six books; i have shared with you a wonderful new short eclectic selection of modern topics.-Often; political topics. But here; i will partly turn back; i think; to a lovely newer form; of some of my treasured old biographical works; that will include my Leni books.-For that dear smart girl; Leni van Meer; who had such a lovely interesting; if not also; difficult life to share!

And again; these books will feature a beautiful simple original cover foto and design.-And some very clean poignant writing inside! I never get tired of writing these stories! I will call them novellas; i think. For their more gentle simple immediate scope. Or; small collections of short stories.-If their subjects or time frames are more loosely linked. I hope you enjoy; and ever stay tuned for more!🎋marguerite bloem

BOOK SEVEN; The Leaving.

Paperback; 6x9; 83 pages.

This is a lovely gentle dear small novella;

of twelve thoughtful chapters; and 83 pages.

AND A LOVELY echo of my prior book; Fledgling Season.-You will notice the similar aspect of the head and body position; between that dear fledgling crow; and my dear girl; Leni van Meer. Who had; likewise; not yet sufficient wings to fly! This book perhaps for girls; mothers; teachers; sisters; grown women who knew Leni's road. Or; for brothers or fathers and others who cared.

Or for other immigrants; whose families had similar constraints.-In divining paths and roads for their immigrant children; in a strange foreign world. (As her family did; as her family did.) Or just for dear Leni-girl!-Hey girl! I wrote you a book; for eff sakes. I wrote you a beautiful book! And i will cover you for the next one too.-The Labyrinth. And don't worry; we will get you through!

Or rather; you did; you will. Brave rocking-assed brave girl.-Is that an expression? A language I rarely use; though yet; it seems to be required. Peace then; and love and democracy. Which we had then; we had then! (Can you imagine that?-I know.) Onward then; and we will fix this deeply deeply troubled show.🎋marguerite bloem

In this gentle wise quirky Dutch-immigrant inflected novella; a young innocent high school girl in the early seventies; and a top scholar in her big bustling high school; is eased; to put it in a mild way; and for better or worse; out of her family home way too soon.-She has only just turned seventeen; and she is a truly sheltered innocent girl. Well; in a certain sense she is. Though not in the trouble she has seen in that home.-To be followed by The Labyrinth. Which is a brave searching difficult book; in which we will help that girl through.-Aw; Leni. Let's go then; beautiful girl!🎋marguerite

BOOK EIGHT; Eventide.

Paperback; 6x9; 83 pages.

This is another dear gentle small novella;

of ten thoughtful chapters; and 83 pages.

I JUST COULDN'T watch a world

at war anymore.

I just couldn't sleep; watching a world at war! I could find no peace that way! Watching a world at war. Thinking; if the whole world is watching; shouldn't we be able to stop this war? And so; me and my dear Leni-girl; finally sat down to write this dear small gentle tome for you; of what we thought of war.

As we did know a thing or two about that! And thank you then; beautiful girl! For thinking so deeply about that for so long; and then; for remembering too!-The long-ago world your family knew. If you have seen war; or if your family has seen war; then you cannot really not see war. You cannot really say you didn't see that war. You cannot really not say anything. But i am thinking of this as a book about peace.-Especially for Christmastime.

Because the world needs that. So please buy it for yourself; and for your friends. (The other half of the cover is lovely too.) All of my cover art is simple; honest; personal; subtle or symbolic; enigmatic and meaningful and beautiful.-By me; well. Me and Miss Leni would be so pleased! And she is; we are; deeply thoughtful and wise. At every age; people can be! You can tell by the peace; and curiosity and joy; that lie deep in someone's eyes. You can look at the eyes of a baby. You can see how they laugh; and how their eyes seem to reflect; the huge wide possibility of the skies. Of the humans; and of the skies.🎋marguerite

BOOK NINE; Field Notes.

Paperback; 6x9; 53 pages.

Here is another dear small collection; of obliquely linked short stories. That is; 6 small stories; and 53 gentle pages. That consider language; culture; connection; humanity.-In a world; and in a sudden political climate; that has sadly put a jinx on all of that. But oh, dear!-Thinks our dear Miss Margaux.

And don't worry; she will tell you why. Because she loves to grouse about things like that! About gentle deeply human things.-But we shouldn't lose that; should we? Because immigrants are not bogeymen! They are; in fact; really cool people!-Innit? And foreign language is a sort of delicious art form!-Ja; i know. And how boring we would be! Shall i put it in that tense then?🎋marguerite

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Some extra notes on my Bloemworks offerings! These are technical notes; and gift notes. Or pleasing pairings of my books for you to read. These are excellent notes! And ya'll come back now! Your diligent author and literary host.🎋marguerite

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AND IN THE WINTER...

Extra blankets for the cold.

Fix the heater getting old...

Janis Ian🎋

And lay in a book or
two! Marguerite🎋

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Por Democracia; No More Kings...

Show Me What

Democracy Looks Like!

This is what democracy looks like! Was our resounding cry; as we wove through busy busy city streets; to the cheers of cars and bystanders looking on. And our callers took to varying their vocal tones; to save their throats; and so; in some ways; it became a musical cry. (And thank you; guys; for all that work you put into that!) And you could see it; you could feel it; and we were immensely proud of that. And you will see us; and we will see each other again. Por democracia; of course. It will not die.🎋

I Will Just Save...

A few ongoing notes here; on this page; to honor the brave things people around the country are saying and doing these days; in this truly difficult; heartrending time. We are a deeply democratic people; and we will not bow for dictators.-Ever.🎋marguerite; 19 october 2025

AND ALL BLESSINGS; on all the artists who gorgeously commemorate this political thing we are trying to do; through poetry; art; writing; song. You put this time; and this song!-And this movement; forever into people's hearts; and into history. And there is no more beautiful thing; than people speaking out for humanity. Here is, The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade. You will unequivocally love it. And thanks for the brave protestors who peacefully hold their ground; again and again. And thanks to my husband for sharing it! See you at the next rally then.🎋marguerite; 19 october 2025

AND HERE IS more important news; from our brave frog friends in Portland.-We love them!🎋marguerite; 20 october 2025

24 October 2025...

From the Congresswoman Jayapal; this speaks to me; as i am immigrant; of course.-"We are a country uniquely tied to our immigrant identity, and if you want to come for immigrants, you have to go through ALL of us." And i believe that. My father taught us that too; who always had a unique sympathy for the oppressed people; as he came of age in World War Two. When he first had a bit extra to spare; he wrote a check for the NAACP. I was proud of him. He modeled important things for all of us.🎋marguerite

22 October 2025...

Marguerite's Status; Sad.-Now that our beautiful march is done. And wondering; what will come next; what can come next? And wondering where all this will end. Their relentless disrespectful tone towards us; and towards our history.-And their recent destruction of the East Wing of the White House.-Which is; of course; the People's House; with a bulldozer.-Without working with other historical and governmental agencies who have an agency over that; seems a deeply disturbing dangerous symbol. Of their intent; with regard to the future of our land. (These notes inspired by a recent image in the New York Times.) Or rather; induced by. But can we not have more action; more protest? Before it is too late; before it is all gone? To keep the people engaged; and informed.-It so deeply saddens me. We had what everyone in the whole world wanted! But it seems almost completely gone now. My family came from Holland; in the postwar.-We came here for opportunity; Democracy. I will stick around; to see it through. Though this is a horror show for me.-But stick around; and welcome in. We all need to keep talking.🎋marguerite bloem

18 October 2025!

I almost overslept today; intending to be so ready for our march! (Because i was tossing and turning; having nightmares; about ICE.) That is what they mean to do to us. But today; by full light of day; we showed them! And our day; and our palpable solidarity; were so beautiful; and i am so proud of my city.-Were you there?! And even though i am nearly seventy years old; i never grow tired of marching for those days; and my old bones are happy when i march!

I read that around the country; the numbers were awesome too. And that there were even some marches; in Europe; and around the world; in solidarity with us. THAT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME!-Hi Europe; hi world! I don't feel so lonely then. It is good to have friends. In our country; they estimate there were 7 million people marching yesterday. And seven seems a small number; yes; but one million is a big number! And so; seven of those. Compared to our June march; which was a deeply impressive and dedicated and determined 4 to 6 million people.-Because clearly; we do not intend to stop; in our defense of democracy. My old bones are tired today. But they surely were not yesterday!!

See you on the streets for our next action then. Because we cannot stop; we absolutely cannot lose this. So keep a watch; read the paper; and say what you can and do what you can when you must. Because that is what we do best! We already had a king; and that is so over now.🎋marguerite

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Here Are Some

Meaningful Pairings...

Of my beautiful books for you.

For a gentle thoughtful rhyme

and reason to my show!

1. Politico; Cinco.

Happy Trails; Song, Song Blue; and The Way of the Goat; Eventide; and Field Notes; my five gentle political offerings; together i think would please you!-Politics; of course; are the sad topic of the day. And these gentle books; are a quiet way to say some things that perhaps; in this day; tht we cannot say! Oh dear; what a mess we are in! But we will make our way. I'm hanging in; are you?! Good. 🎋marguerite

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2. The Young Ones; Who

Must Struggle; Grow.-Dos.

There is also perhaps a poignant gentle echo; between my dear Miss Leni; in my upcoming book; The Leaving. And the sweet fledgling crow; in my small slender book; Fledgling Season. Though my dear Miss Leni perhaps; had quite a more difficult row to hoe. How brave she was! And stay tuned. Because there is also The Labyrinth to follow!

But my dear Leni is strong enough for that. She will be; she will be. Because Dutch immigrant people are strong. Dutch immigrant people are strong! If you say it twice; you cannot be wrong! They are from the land; the sand; the salt of the sea. And there is no maybe about it. They live to be free.🎋marguerite

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3. Of My Dear Leni-Girl!-Dos.

Oh! I do have the start of a lovely collection on this! First; with my dear small poignant novella; The Leaving.-That beautifully shares the wonderful quirky nature of her immigrant upbringing. (Which she will always treasure.) And from which she also weaves an earnest; diligent; and deeply insightful thesis on war. (In my beautiful new book; Eventide.)-Aw, girl; that was brave of you!-She will say more. Don't worry; she will say more.-Well. Once you begin to talk; you know? Once you grow out of your schoolgirl shyness. Which sits on you pretty sweetly nonetheless.🎋From this indulgent old one; marguerite. Who loves to watch people gently grow. And shoot then; to even sing!

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Spinally Speaking...

Well; besides which to say; that i have a very strong one! But please note; that my important book; The Honor Code; does have spine text; but i have decided not to favor that on my other books. As sometimes my spines are simply too slender. Or other times; it would interfere with the design of my beautiful original fotographs.-Which consideration is mainly of significance to libraries and bookstores.

I am thinking of my work more as niche work; as art books; i think; not mass market work. And though i would welcome any sales there; from bookstores or libraries; i am not offering any wholesale rates on my books. For an independent author; it is simply too much trouble to. But if you are a library or bookstore; you could affix your own small beautiful spine tags; very artfully somewhere! The pleasure is yours; and the honor would be all mine!

Or; you could feature my books face forward on a rack somewhere! Or; you could buy several copies of each of my books; and store them in one of those nice magazine shelf boxes! I think people would love to see my work! In fact; i think every high school library and bookstore; and every community college library and bookstore; and every local library; should have such a box!-To host a beautiful growing collection of my work!-Oh; good then; good!

Or maybe; you would like to feature such a box; for your patients who are waiting for their dental or healthcare! Those can be difficult places to be.

And maybe; someone could label the box; Bloemworks by Marguerite Bloem! Maybe someone could draw a small artful flower! Such a box would bring a great joy and interest and pleasure; i think! A party box; a gift box! A gentle small quiet human read.🎋

I AM ALSO intending my sales simply for the individual; and collectibles; and gift market. My dear small books are holdable; touchable; readable; treasurable; approachable; sharable. And almost good enough to eat! I think it is nice to get a gift sometimes that is not a gadget; for some daily practical purpose; but sheerly for the enrichment and enjoyment of life! Like a pair of delicious colorful woolly socks perhaps. (Well; it can grow cold here!) Though of course; all comers are welcome. And won't you stay tuned then! For ever and always more beautiful works in the hopper.

From this hardworking author;

marguerite bloem.🎋

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Some Tech Notes...

I share my literary work on this platform; called Blogger; which anyone can do by having a Gmail; i love that! It is simple; flexible; versatile; and you can go mad with color and design! Though simple is best; in my view.

I design my show mostly for a desktop presentation. Then Blogger will also translate that to a simplified cellphone presentation for phone viewers. But while you are on the cellphone view; you can also still select a button to see the desktop version. (Choices everywhere!) But be aware; that the desktop view they show you on a phone can be a bit jumbled and cattywampus! (It is the background tiling of the image that is thrown off a bit.) But have a look anyway! As there are a lot of fun notes in the gadgets! Which are the small text bits around the main post. Where i like to share some notes on the business of; or the inspiration for my work. And it is a lovely design. But to see my beautiful desktop version as it is; view it on a desktop; of course! (And it is worth that.)

Rocket science; ja.

And bon voyage!

🎋marguerite

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I Sell My Literary Work...

From the independent publishing site; Lulu; which again; everyone can do! That is; anyone who has the chutzpah and vision and talent to.-I am a one-woman team! I do not have an agent; or an editor; or a marketer. Nor a business or financial manager. The Lulu platform facilitates the necessary data-keeping of the selling; and payment processing; and the actual printing and shipping process. And they maintain that beautiful accessible public site; which also allows me that lovely sweeping author profile. Lulu has; in fact; made independent publishing possible! I do all the rest. And again; anyone can do this! I think that independent publishing is the best thing that has happened to the publishing industry! It has created a much greater diversity in the industry; and it has set enterprising creative artists free!🎋marguerite

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In the Olden Days...

We used to wait up to a year-and-a-half or two; to receive a reply on short stories we submitted to the lit magazines by snail mail. We used to wait the same amount of time; or more; to submit work to agents and publishers! For a slim slot available at best. And with the creepy feeling that someone has all of your work! And with sometimes the only reward being a one-sentence scribbled handwritten reply. (Though also sometimes; a kind encouraging letter.) But not worth waiting so long for! You do not write for praise; but for success! And in which time you could have sweetly joyfully published your own work. And then sometimes; to see what they publish.

Though i am not a rabid universal naysayer on that. I have been more; in fact; a rabid consumer of some of the greatest literary works in the world. Including many foreign ones; and older ones. But just saying... That often; for the mega-dollars they roll out; it must be highly commercial work. (That even yet; will sometimes go nowhere.) And little of the earnings to the author; but to all the players along the way. But an indie author can do more. An indie author can change the conversation; change the content; change the subject; change the style; change the form. An indie author can gently challenge; and play. And often; make it mean more. Important voices can emerge; simply by the dogged effort and work and determination and talent and creative vision of an excellent artist and author!🎋marguerite

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One Time...

I was at a writer's workshop... And it is fun to play with those at first; when you are just starting out.-To learn what people are saying and doing. And i was writing some beautiful stories; of growing up immigrant; and with a father who struggled with an occasional bout of mental illness. Though who was; nonetheless; a brilliant man; and great inspiration for me! And we were to share a bit about our stories; so i did. And someone told me, "They don't like to publish problem books anymore."-But what?! Mine was a beautiful story of a life!-Two lives. (And gently peripherally; several more.)

And lives do sometimes have; well; troubles? That is how people grow! That is partly what life is for. That is partly what books are for.-To teach; to illuminate; to inspire; what?! And it hardly matters what the struggle; what the life; if it is interesting; insightful; and well-told. (And to think that i paid for that workshop.) But what; was everyone gonna write a party book?!-No!

Sorry; i didn't think so; kitty-kat; no! I had better things to do; and to write about! And to dedicate my life to. But it is what you want to do; and what means something to you; and that it is well-told. If you have a cool story of what your cat is thinking; that is a good story too. How lovely you came by then! And besides which; in my problem books; so to speak; which they are surely not; they are life-books.-But there are flowers there. There will always be flowers there. Yours in words and art.🎋marguerite bloem

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Who Is Marguerite?

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Marguerite's top interests.-Human rights; social equality; democracy; health care; international connection; foreign language; foreign film; music; literature; books; singing; holidays.-Oh yes; Christmas! Walking; writing; world peace. Coffee; tea; wine; and those lovely skinny Italian biscotti cookies!-And dreams. Marguerite is not afraid to dream.-Paz. Take good care; alle! In this dark difficult time.-And Fijne Kestdagen; Feliz Navidad!🎋

Hollandse Meisje...

Marguerite hails from the dear small mythical land that lies below the level of the sea; called Nederland. Which is notably the blue and white of Delft blue. She has also lived in the soft wheaty rectangle; of a middle state called Kansas. Which was a strange and awkward transition for her! (Although she did like it there.) She loved the farms! She dreamed of farms.-She begged her father to buy a farm! She has also lived in the greatest of golden states; California! Where the sun will ever shine; and the people too. Even when; for brief strange periods of time; Democracy doesn't. But she will always hope for both.🎋🎋

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Blue State Girl.

Marguerite currently lives; blessedly; in a blue state.-That is at least politically open; if not a bit; or even sometimes; quite a lot; socially regressive and austere. She has had; quite sadly and relentlessly; an older neighbor stalk her; and bully her; quite cruelly; for a very long time. (Ever since; in fact; she was raising a child.) So; for brief periods of time; and for psychic relief; she will imagine; or even say; that she is from another state.

And you can't imagine how good that feels! But odious people should mind their own lives; and mind their own business! And not try to destroy others.-Look inside and fix that; for chrissakes.-Look inside; and fix that mess that lies within you. Because destroying others cannot make you better.

But no; truly; she is from this one. (She is from this state; she means.) And she should not have to do that; should she?-No. Shapeshifting; stateshifting? No! Bully O'Rourke; leave her alone! She thinks; that people should grow up; to mend their own insidious destructive hypocrisy. And learn to find other activities than preying on a gentle neighbor.-Shouldn't they?

And then; until then; give up that spot on that church pew; ja? Because they say that her god can see. (Just to remind her bluntly.) And that when she goes to kneel in that church; each day or on Sunday; she will not be blessed and forgiven for her hypocrisy; no! She will only get callouses on her knees.

Because Marguerite believes; that you cannot keep repeating an offense; can you?! And still get points for heaven too? That would be kind of a cheap deal! (Like; buy one; and get five free!) But a true spirituality is a rich and beautiful life-enhancing thing. And it does not mean; letting people walk all over you!

That is not saintly; that is just stupid. And she has a rich enduring eternal cache of her own precious spirituality. And she finds; that hypocrisy and duplicity are truly the most difficult dangerous things to see.-Things to write about; and things to see. So that this writing is surely no party for her! But at some point; you must assert your right to say; Fuck off! (Yes; she said it; oh; dearie me!) But fuck off. Because this life must be about me.

You may also like; if this subject is of use or interest to you; her wise; deeply thoughtful book; The Honor Code.-Women need to defend themselves! Women need to defend each other. Even from; or especially from; other women sometimes!-Yes; sadly that too. And fortify yourself! As it is no tea party. And surely there will be no cookies. For some thirty years or more; there haven't been. Just a lot of creepy insults; and stalkings.🎋Your determined fighter; marguerite.

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The Bully
Girls of Blue Hill.

And if neighbors would please reign her in! For example; try this instead.-Why don't you just leave Marguerite alone? Because the bullying; quite frankly; reflects badly on everyone. Participatory bullying is; quite frankly; not the same thing as participatory democracy. In case you did not know. In fact; it is a hate crime. Did you catch that? It is a hate crime.

Marguerite is writing this for others too.-As it seems there are so many who are bullied and harassed these days. Artists are getting harassed. Immigrants are getting harassed. Transexual people are getting harassed. Political people are getting harassed. Women are getting harassed. Religious people are getting harassed. There is a contentious; adversarial tone; of our new administration; that is causing a lot of people to get harassed! But Marguerite's art and life; and her website; and her work; are an equal opportunity space for well wishers only; and for joy and social equality. And it takes more than one to tango! Which of course you know. So if you are in with bullies; then you are; of course; completely guilty of that; and complicit in that. So try this instead.

Leave her alone! Leave people alone. And quit your evil conniving whisperings; and pointings; and stalkings; and doxing of; and preying upon; and insipid gossip and bullying of her.-Even in high school; Marguerite did not ever experience that.-EVER. People always respected her. And her peers; even at fifteen; and sixteen; and seventeen years old; were far more mature than that!

And the taunting of her outside of her studio window by night?! (So that she could hear each voice; make note.) Each jeering heckling voice; and loud cruel raucous laughter.-On a recent night too. And the mocking of her beautiful earnest gentle peaceful writings; her beautiful earnest gentle peaceful dream.-Have they gone mad? To ridicule another's life?! Outside of her studio window by night?! Which seems a truly evil criminal thing.

Which is a truly evil criminal thing. And seems a truly dangerous thing; and quite frankly; a terrifying thing to do! That does not belong in her civilized world. And all of those tragic predatory actions all fomented; by one single notable brainless tasteless classless culprit. (And complicit by many fools.)

Or she would not say.

But you must judge the world when you should; as you should; to defend a civil society. So cease and desist; Old Bully; cease and desist. Because she thinks; that thirty years is long enough; for her to have to withstand that.

And yes; no please about it. There is enough going on in the world; that she should not have to contend with such bullshit. Which word she would not ever use. It is an icky word; isn't it?-Yes; it is a horrible word! And it is a horrible way to be. But she has never encountered such behavior as that; in her whole life; full stop. Truly; in her whole life. Nor such people as that!

Who have no lives then; it seems; but to destroy others. But not her life; no thank you; no. She is not here to be a plaything for others.-Full stop. She is not here to be a plaything for others.-Full stop. Wait; one more time.-She is not there to be a plaything for others. It is pretty much as simple as that! So study that; learn that; and review that frequently; until you get it right.

She is from a deeply intelligent civilized family; and civilized world. Where those bullies could never belong. And if bullies come for you; just tell them the fuck to get away! Which is the first time she has written that. (Usually; she would just write eff; or perhaps; the eff; if even that.) Because she likes beautiful words; not swift cheap slang ones. And because she is a lady. But perhaps it is time for the gloves-off; she thinks. Because it has been too long.

Just a moment; let her practice then.-Ff-uuu-cck. Bravo; bueno! With an earnest silent intent; no joy.-No. No particular joy. But sometimes; honestly; you just gotta say what you gotta say. Because; and this has long been no surprise to her; there are gangs!-Of white middleclass female bullies too. In fact; quite prevalent ones! In every city and every neighborhood. Sad to say; sorry to say. And they are not smarter than you! (Though they think they are.)

And they are not better than you!-No. (Though they think they are.) They are just more obnoxious than you! But better to know what is true; because it can save you. It can preserve the light for you.-And leave the light on! For those who just gently quietly honestly truthfully play it through.🎋marguerite

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What is Hate Crime?

And that harassment begun in the early 1990's. (When she gave birth to her child.) And sadly onward; to this day. And continued; year by year! By this truly sad frequent jeer.-Ah-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha! You're just a housewife! (Among many other things.) And welcome to the neighborhood; mother and child!

And good Christian men rejoice!

With head and heart and voice!

There is only one way to spell that:

H-A-T-E C-R-I M-E.

And the sad thing is; she did not really want to write this piece. But we are all; to a certain extent; obliged to be the guardians of civility and democracy; aren't we? And if you let things go too far; they will be gone; that's all. And we cannot let that be. Though she would much rather write; i love singing and poetry; and sipping tea.-Which is true! She does love singing and poetry and sipping tea.

Do you? Hello then! And may the joy of the holidays; and the season; be with you. And may your life be ever blessedly rich and beautiful; and bully-free. Though in this particular political climate; that grows more and more difficult to see.🎋marguerite; winter 2025

Postscript. And to underscore the weight of the severity of this crime; and its duration; in a court of law; she thought at first; she would ask for one million. But that is because she is innocent; and does not know money. But really; for its systemic and relentless weight; she thinks maybe more like 20 million. And she means; just for her! Because their are many others too; who have lived too long under the weight of the judgements of a mean; low; myopic uneducated society. The weight of the knowledge of that deeply saddens her. Maybe a coupla more million then. But though she wrote that lightly; she is not even kidding. She wishes she was. Could we say 100 million? She would donate much of that to others who have been harmed in similar ways.🎋

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Just Yoking...

And no; not about that! But sometimes; for comfort and comic relief; she quietly thinks to herself.-Mahgah boogah bahgah. Kind of like that episode on Gilligan's Island that day; when; to save themselves from the headhunters on the other side of the island; they would have to say the secret password.-Poolo-si bahguhmbah!

And only poor Gilligan couldn't say it. So to amuse herself; to succor herself sometimes; she quietly says.-Mahgah boogah bahgah.-Well. She thinks maybe some of her creepy creeping neighbors are that! Oh; dear.🎋🎋

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The Author
and Cat Granny Bloem.

Marguerite; when she is not grousing about politics; has been writing; with greatest joy and pleasure since high school! She has also ever enjoyed the greatest beauty of music in her life. (And now often; the necessary solace too.) She plays the cello; the piano; the accordion; and she loves to sing!

She and her husband have also raised one strong tall smart handsome boy. (Who plays the saxophone!) Who is doing a lot of beautiful things now; with his girlfriend; in another city.-And yes; a blue one. (Strange now; to have colors of cities and states.) It seems a truly stupid time.

They are also the proud grandparents; of two beautiful kitty-kats.-Ja; so beautiful! And smart. But what are they thinking; you have to wonder!-Are you my mother? Are you my grandmother? Ja; dat is me.-Dag! Dat is me.

Peace; love; stay safe everyone. For as long as we have to. Until that will just be a given again; as it always used to seem to be; and ever should be.🎋marguerite

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