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I’m often hesitant to blog about things before I’ve finished them. I’m notorious for setting up and starting challenges for myself (hello, Pandemic Disney Movie Marathon) and then getting tired/disinterested and walking away. I still haven’t watched or moved past The Jungle Book. I think I read one…maybe two?…books on the Rory Gilmore Reading List. […]
Read MoreSince 2015, in lieu of the standard “goals and resolutions,” I have picked a word for my year. It serves as a touchpoint or a north star — a simple, comprehensive reminder of where I’m trying to go and what I’m trying to do in that year (and ideally beyond). My past Words of the […]
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After all my years of loving Dawson’s Creek and admiring Dawson’s movie watching and referencing prowess, I’ve decided to make a list…
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A poem inspired by a photo (December 3, 2020)
Read MoreThis is the tenth year in a row I’ve tried and failed. When I try to force myself to write under fictitious pressure, it’s bad. It’s not fun. Writing should be hard work, but it should still be joyful.
Read MoreI recently started an online Facebook community for writers called The Write Vintage. Each week, I’m posting prompts on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Tuesday is “Two Line Tuesday,” where writers come up with two quick lines of dialogue about the prompt. Wednesday is “Six Word Wednesday,” for the most micro of micro-fiction, a story in […]
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An Apology to Oatmeal I hated oatmeal.At least, I believed I did.Thinking of oatmeal made me shudder.People offering oatmeal made me gag.The idea was as repulsive as the food.Everything about it said:Bland.Sad.Bad. And then one day, in a very different summer,Than the one we are currently enduring,I was offered oatmeal again.This oatmeal was made with […]
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I wrote this piece many months ago inspired by a friend’s Facebook post highlighting her…let’s just say amusing…experiences with online dating and dating apps. It’s been through quite a few iterations by this point, but I really enjoy this particular version of the story, and I hope you will too. Thanks for reading! A Good […]
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April is National Poetry Month, and there’s often a “Poem-a-Day” challenge that goes along with it. 2019 is the first time I truly participated in it, and much like last year, this year I did most of the days. Unlike last year, I didn’t post them regularly here on my site, but now that we’re […]
Read MoreYesterday, a friend of mine forwarded me a tweet by Jessica Salfia that had gone viral. It was a piece of “found poetry” which, as the definition on Poets.org says, is the “literary equivalent of a collage.” Inspired by Salfia’s work, I decided to give the exercise a try myself this morning, taking the first […]
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