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Weekly thoughts on the writing life and what it means to be a creative soul in a creatively challenged universe, along with tips and inspiration to keep…
Feb 28, 2023
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Submissions Game Stats for 2025
Still reeling from the news cycle, but the advice I took away from my trusty meditation app today was to soften into acceptance/resistance, rather than…
Jan 15
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Grandma, Dance!
Once again, I was in the middle of preparing a blog post on my submissions stats from 2025.
Jan 8
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The Wrong Bus
Oct 11, 2023
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Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Jan 29, 2025
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Worrying
Apr 10, 2025
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Holding Onto the Heavy
Jun 4, 2025
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Diving Back In
Mar 19, 2025
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Lessons from My Father
Mar 7, 2025
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Reflections on a Year of Loss
Happy New Year!
Jan 1
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The Love Trial, 1968
"The Artist’s Job is to Metabolize Shame" St. Vincent, aka Annie Erin Clark
Published on Kitchen Table: Looking At Life and Asking Questions Over Pie
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Dec 24, 2025
Don't Let the Light Go Out!
True confessions: I’m not a big fan of Hanukkah.
Dec 18, 2025
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Art Saves Lives
Next week I’ve been invited to participate in Mission Belonging’s annual solstice reading, offering poems that “that invite us to reflect on light and…
Dec 10, 2025
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Sun on Snow
What I think it brings me is a hopefulness, an expansiveness of possibility that I don't sense on snowless sunny days or on cloudy snowy days. Even…
Dec 3, 2025
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Is Gratitude Enough?
Despite my daily meditation practice, which includes listing one thing I’m grateful for each day, I have an ambivalent relationship with gratitude.
Nov 27, 2025
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How Many Words, Really, is One Picture Worth?
As someone who is much more quick to rely on auditory, analytical, or kinesthetic cues than visual ones, I’ve always been bothered by the adage that one…
Nov 19, 2025
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