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Wait… Was This a Cliche´ the Whole Time!?
Photo credit: My writerly friend who took this picture on Sunday! Thanks friend! And thanks to my other friend (all interconnected!) who said “yes” when I asked him to do this silly presentation with me. 🙂 Last week, I had the great pleasure of going to my very first in-person The Muse and the Marketplace…
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Don’t Forget Awe. Don’t Let it Go, Either.
There have been plenty of pixels spilled over the eclipse already, which you’ve probably read, and you’re probably sick of, but I am going to spill a few more because yes, wow, it’s worth it. The only reason why I got to see the eclipse is because I happened to stay at a lovely hotel…
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Observing Our Abandoned Places
When I go to Boston, I take the train. I splurge on the first class ticket because I like having a day when the bourbon comes to me for once. 🙂 Sometime in the future, I’m going to write about this, but it’s really expensive to be an introvert. That’s another post for another time.…
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Deep Notes and Cozy Quiets
Photo: Puppy catching a nap this morning. This photo was taken an hour before the workmen showed up to start putting solar panels on the roof. Barking. Hammering. Drilling. Music from all sorts of genres (all the songs are bangers–I give them credit for that!) pumping into the living room via the chimney. I knew…
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Tangible, Intangible, and Precious Optimism
Despite the world appearing to be coming apart at the seams, I have dear friends who are having babies. Not second babies. First babies. Babies who were created through love and optimism that perhaps the world is ok, or is going to be ok, or can be made ok. My eldest son turned 13 recently…
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Restoring the Practice
I am not a writer who feels guilty about not writing every day. I used to be. When I first started out. I read that advice about writing every day and, “gift and talented” Millennial that I am, I took it to heart as a RULE that needed to be followed lest I fail to…
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