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Retail Therapy: Mall Edition
When I was in seventh grade, I experienced the first pang of rejection, as I did not receive an invitation to the hottest birthday party in town. I will not name this person as we are friends on...
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Postcard From The Marginy
It is a beautiful thing to wake up in the Marginy with nothing to do but drink coffee and listen to your Australian friends practice their instruments, keeping time to Afrobeat that they will play in...
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Islands of Salvation
Mandy was late to band practice and I was late to the psychic. We’d had facials, and, while on the table, I told the esthetician about my story, how I was broken and stressed out, and had come to New...
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Remembering Mary Ann Harvard
I am trying to put up a Christmas tree, and thinking about her. My heart is not into decorating like it usually is, and I stand in front of the Frasier Fir staring instead at the bookshelf. I'm looking...
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Things I Will Do To Avoid Writing
1. Laundry. Which I hate doing because I'm terrible at separating, determining appropriate rinse cycles, and folding. All of it. We all have our gifts. 2. Send out emails planning my high school...
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How I Ran Away And Joined The Circus (Sort Of)
I've long been obsessed with running away to join the circus. Growing up down the road from Ringling Brother's home, we were the first to see the new circus acts, and never missed a year. A product of...
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It Started With A Kazoo
Tuesday started with a kazoo. My parents, who are on a cruise, had left a brown paper bag filled with goodies for my son Nate, one for each day they are gone. That day's bag said "Must open...
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Forget Self Doubt. Start Writing.
The past few weeks. I've been getting up during the early morning hours to put the finishing touches on this Creative Non-Fiction Bootcamp. It might have been crazy to tackle this at this particular...
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I Still Need Therapy But The Horses Help
"We can spend so much of our lives worrying we can't actually enjoy living," he said. A few moments earlier I had wondered if he was going to bust me for taking out my phone during the trail ride....
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