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Two days

What a uniquely hopeful and wonderful weekend. I’ve been in something of a funk, so it was great to have these short little two day span which included fun as varied as a scavenger hunt through the Met as well as a long, interesting walk in the city, a hike in the woods the next […]

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Rolling with it

Whenever I am feeling unmotivated to write, I pack up my laptop and printed manuscripts and take them on the road. My destination of choice is the cafe at my local Barnes and Noble in what is agreed to be the “lame” mall (or so my daughter calls it). In the mall capital that is […]

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Give up or keep going?

About a year ago, I started reading a book that had been personally recommended to me. I *sort of* knew the author and there was much to suggest I’d love the book. But, oh, I didn’t. I didn’t just not like it. I actively disliked it for this one thing that was especially grating to […]

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Notes from heaven

When I was small, I was religious in the simple, heart-felt way only a child can be. People told me things and I steadfastly believed them. I used the stories I heard as the backdrop for my games of imagination. And since I heard religious stories, “God the bearded white dude” sometimes showed up in […]

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When fries attack

While in San Francisco I had one of the most horrifically awful bouts of gluten intolerance. The worst I’ve had in the year and a half since I developed this issue. When I checked in to my hotel I ordered a burger (no bun) and fries from room service (one of my favorite parts of […]

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What is private?

I am not what you would call a famous author. With just one book that’s enjoyed modest success, I’m not exactly getting mobbed as I walk down the street (and I’m grateful for that). One place where I’m noticing things getting odd, though, is on Facebook. I signed up for Facebook in 2008, way before […]

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And the latest is…

Hello, dolls. Greetings from lovely San Francisco, where the weather always seems to be perfect. (I noticed frost on my windshield in New Jersey yesterday, a harbinger of wintry days, so I am particularly happy that I flew out to the land of warmth and of the perpetual 65 degrees today). I am here for […]

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The nest

Many, many moons ago, at the advent of my spiritual journey, I bought a cassette with a guided meditation on it. (That it was on cassette should give you a clue at how long ago it was). On it, a woman with a sweet voice guided the listeneron a walk through an imaginary forest. At […]

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To my garden in October

What a summer we’ve had, my dear patch of land. With what expectation did I emerge into you just these few months past. I had feared for you, frozen, compacted under the interminable snows. But there you were when I shed my layers, just as eager to bloom as ever. And bloom you did. I […]

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What is essential is invisible to the eye

Yesterday I did an event at a school about twenty minutes away from my house. I found out before the event that it was falling on the school’s “spirit day,” a day when students would be wearing their school colors of royal blue and white. In solidarity, I rummaged through my closet to find something […]

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