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The Best We Can

33 isn’t shaping up to be too shabby. Honestly, I couldn’t put my finger on why that was for a few days. Not that when everything feels like swimming in sunshine (even the burn from so many rays) there needs to be a why, but considering the black hole of apprehension I felt in the weeks […]

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Forgetfulness & Forgiveness

I knew he didn’t mean to forget me. Maybe it was a test. Of vigilance perhaps – being able to notice a shift in the wind. No, no, he wasn’t terrible interested in weather shifts except for how in the winter the sun set over the city, and in summer over the hills. The green […]

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Look, We’re Almost Thirty

Ed note: I pulled this from the archives while I was looking through old files. This was written before 50/50 was even an idea, before the guy with the pony broke up with me, before anything on this blog was even thought to exist. Which is endlessly fascinating to me. Anyway, this piece was strangely […]

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If you’ve asked, just receive, baby.

In my quietest dreams and tiniest downtimes, I asked to forget. For the visceral memories to fade into the doorframe and make space in the doorway for something new to enter. After forgiving myself and accepting the present as I knew it, I asked for a reason to find peace. – My dear friend Jesse […]

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Glow Little Spark, Glow

It is far too easy to sit in your studio apartment, writing someone else’s wedding vows as your mind flickers to an ex getting married at the exact same moment, and start to worry that this right here might be your life. Pristine white blinds, walls, china cabinet, built-ins that mimic the blank taste in […]

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A Time for Beasts to Awake

Last week my writing beast (who I imagine to be much like Aunt Beast and not at all like the yeti from the Matterhorn) shook out of hibernation, giving air to any leaves and cherry blossoms that had gathered upon her as she slept. As she padded to a silvery-teal pool of water to quench her slumber-induced thirst, […]

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Writers, Artists, and Musicians Take Note: It Only Takes a Village (and Kickstarter) to Transform Visions into Reality

Super excited to be part of Linda Thorlakson’s artist interview series. In the words of Jen Friel, hit it Linda!

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Silence Isn’t Golden

I’ve signed your name on the universal list of those whose bravery failed them when it came time to end a quasi-relationship. The list is long, and much like a guest book or headstone, names are printed sans fanfare and on display without a story, history or eulogy recited. Because that’s what is typically done […]

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