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The “Beautiful Destiny”
Photo: Me and an Exalted Elder. I wish she was here. She’s already told us what we should be doing, but I still… wish she was here. I’ve thought about my grandmothers, my grandfathers, and so many voices I can no longer hear. They’ve told us what to do. Oh Lord, how I wish they…
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Why the Portal Doesn’t Roar: Insight into my story, Exit Interview
Photo: Smug, a sculpture by Tony Smith, at Glenstone in Maryland. I have been meaning to write about that place and I will. That place has absolutely captured my attention and I can’t fully put my thumb on why. Anyway, this isn’t what the portals in my story look like, but I like that I…
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Easing Back In, Full of Thought
Photo: Snow in the flower box, dead leaves and old flower stems crumbling and turning in to dirt for the next seeds to be planted not long from now. In a different time, I’d complain about the cold and wistfully write about longing for Spring. But this year… This year, we’re starting with a blockbuster…
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Doing The Most (And Therefore, Not Writing)
Photo: Photo within a photo, both taken at the beautiful (and allegedly haunted) MIT Endicott House in Dedham, Massachusetts. The perfect place for a writing retreat. I had every intention of posting my serial story episode last week. So many good intentions… But the thing is, I was wearing my leader hat last week. I…
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A New Season of Self: Or, The Next Evolution of This Rock Kid’s Mom
Photo: An electric guitar. Prized possession of my kiddo. As a writer, I feel a particular, if curious, satisfaction at the “tentpole” moments in life. The “firsts” my kids go through are generally inevitable and predictable. They also rely on life going the way life goes: which is often meandering and apt to distraction. Everyone…
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