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It’s Amazing What We Are Capable Of

Ed note: to be read while listening to We Are Waiters. And The Enthusiast. Ooo, and Color Surround. Actually, maybe just listen to all eleven songs…This week as it rained cats and dogs, I arrived home quite damp, but to a freshly flannel sheeted bed (a favor I did for future me that morning) and […]

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PSA: Make Good Art

Ed note: Last year, Neil Gaiman gave a pretty amazing speech about making art. If you read nothing more, I encourage you to read this part right here:  “Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all the other ways […]

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Why Dating As An Adult Is Sometimes A Lot Like Dating As A Teenager

A few weeks ago I went to the wedding of a dear friend. While thrilled to celebrate her union to a rather sensational man, I was reminded of something that had very little to do with nuptials: the adulthood datingverse feels one heck of a lot like the teenage datingverse sometimes. One of the pros […]

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State By State

When things get rough and tumble in my head around the idea of scheduling and getting it all done, I remind myself of the fact that Anne Lamott dedicated the entire title to her book to how to approach an overwhelming sense of everythingness: bird by bird. State by state works too, as does Meg’s […]

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Compassion

I absolutely hate when I catch myself paving a road to hell with good intentions. Perhaps the worst part about this is the sheer earnest resolve that comes from good intentions. Having purposefully made choices explode like a frozen bottle of Drakes IPA is disconcerting for a number of reasons, not the least of which […]

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