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When natural remedies attack

I have long been committed to living as healthy a lifestyle as possible, preferring to prevent illness with good nutrition and exercise rather than cure it with drugs. I firmly believe that Western medicine is too eager to stick a bottle of pills in our hand instead of telling us to work out more or […]

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I wanna see you be brave

The first time I realized the Clinton campaign was using Sara Bareilles’ “Brave” as a campaign theme, I thrilled everywhere. (It’s the “I wanna see you be brave” that’s belting out behind her when she walks onstage at a lot of rallies). You see, it’s kinda my song. Or, at least in the way that […]

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Imprecations and maledictions

First, the good news in this piece. I love that there are still words I don’t know. I was reading a New York Times piece this morning, and it mentioned “imprecations.” Impre-what? I thought I knew all the -tion words, coming as they do from Latin. I can almost always decipher a -tion word by […]

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What a Wrinkle in Time taught one special person

Today’s postis not by me, but about me. Yesterday my brother sent me this link of a piece he wrote about a conversation we had when he was little, about twenty-fiveyears ago. That he still remembers it touches me profoundly. I remember the grave responsibility I felt when he asked me the question he describes […]

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I wanna see you be brave

The first time I realized the Clinton campaign was using Sara Bareilles’ “Brave” as a campaign theme, I thrilled everywhere. (It’s the “I wanna see you be brave” that’s belting out behind her when she walks onstage at a lot of rallies). You see, it’s kinda my song. Or, at least in the way that […]

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Go back to school!

I just love the internet. Sure, it’s mostly cat videos and Russians trying to crash sites, but every once in a while it rises above the noise and brings us something beautiful. Like online classes! I am a nerd of the highest order. While everyone else is looking for beach reads (or Netflix), I’m usually […]

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So I guess I’m on some watchlist now

The other day I got it in my head I needed every chef’s knife in my kitchen sharpened. For reasons I won’t try to explain (mostly because there are no good ones), I have a chef’s knife collection that would make any Michelin chef jealous. Several are completely off limits, just there to look pretty, […]

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For writers: which voice to use

The choice of first, second or third person is key when framing a new project. How do you decide? Here are my thoughts. All my written novels, including my published one, are in first person present. (We’ll cover tense in another piece). It’s a common way to go, particularly in YA. First person – told […]

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All eyes on Jess

Everything I’ve ever known is a lie. I was listening to Simon and Garfunkle’s “The Boxer” to get myself in that early 70s mood for a scene I was writing. I followed along with the lyrics as the Vevo video played because, well, when it comes to deciphering lyrics, I am seriously impaired. That’s when […]

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The great sunscreen wars

“I have a sunburn,” says my daughter, calling me after getting home for the night near a beach far, far away. “Didn’t Daddy remind you to put on sunscreen?” I nag. I don’t mean to nag. I don’t even mean to sound as accusatory as I probably just sounded. He grew up on an island, […]

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