March 24, 2024
2

The Magpie Diary: Mar. 23, 2024.

Musings + Essays
Everything on my mind and heart this week: poetry about difference, setting the Easter table,…
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March 11, 2024
17

From Blossoms.

Musings
Reflections on Li-Young Lee's poem "From Blossoms."
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December 25, 2023
6

Airwalks + Credits + Merry Christmas.

Essays
A Merry Christmas wish -- plus thoughts on how you readers have enabled an airwalk.
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November 8, 2023
20

Into the Bleak Midwinter.

Essays
Reflections on an unplanned, recentering listening of "In the Bleak Midwinter" as we head into…
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October 15, 2023
12

The Magpie Diary: October 15, 2023.

Home
This week's diary: what was on my mind and heart.
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September 30, 2023
8

Weekend Vibes: I Stop Writing the Poem.

Fashion Trends
Weekend vibes: my new Ugg ultra-minis, a great sale at J. Crew, and a stirring…
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August 21, 2023
45

These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins.

Book Club
Musings on T.S. Eliot's "Against these fragments I have shored my ruins" line from "The…
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August 12, 2023
4

Weekend Vibes: The Poetics of Change.

Fashion Trends
Weekend vibes: my favorite tinted moisturizer, this week's bestsellers, and a musing on change at…
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July 23, 2023
18

The Magpie Edit: Edition 47.

Musings
Everything on my mind and heart this week: a Mary Oliver poem, traveling with my…
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July 1, 2023
2

Weekend Vibes: Many Ways to Be Quiet.

Fashion Trends
My new Madewell trousers, this week's most popular finds, and a musing on the multivalence…
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June 12, 2023
2

A Time for Starlight and Lamplight.

Essays
Reflections on different seasons of life -- the way they call for different kinds of…
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May 1, 2023
0

A Cold Spring.

Essays
Musings on Elizabeth Bishop's beautiful poem, "A Cold Spring."
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