Taking Your Own Joy Seriously.
Musings
Musings on answering to yourself, and taking your own joy and preferences seriously.
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Our Lives as Mosaics.
Essays
A musing on the notion that our lives are mosaics of the people we love.
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Emotional Touchstones.
Essays
Can you remember the first time a book or movie pierced you? Rearranged your perspective?…
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Living by Asterisms.
Essays
Musings on finding signs in my life: "Do I go looking for signs of the…
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Treasure.
Essays
Memories of my daughter as a toddler, on the eve of her sixth birthday.
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The Art of Losing.
Essays
An essay on loss -- the big kinds and little -- and reflections on how…
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All the Wonders.
Musings + Essays
Musings on loss and redemption inspired (again) by Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" and (anew) by Brandi…
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So I’m Back to the Velvet Underground.
Musings + Essays
Musings on visiting with a past version of myself.
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Have You Ever Surprised Yourself?
Musings + Essays
Musings on moments in which we surprise ourselves with our own strength.
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Life Takes Root around the Perimeter.
Musings + Essays
Musings on how life relaxes even the most strident of emotions -- how grief quiets…
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Fall, Sabrina, + Fresh Starts.
Musings + Essays
At a funeral a few weeks ago, I ran into a distant family member whom…
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Weekend Vibes, Edition No. 288: The Magical Thinking Jar.
Musings + Essays
My obsession with Hill House's posy print, the most popular items on Magpie this week,…
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