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Another Round - Seeking A Pen Pal
creating connection in shared letters
Jan 16
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Stacy Boone
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Appreciating the Nautical Light and Blue Pools
frozen fur, stretch of wings, cranberry-white chocolate chip cookies
Jan 10
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Stacy Boone
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The Kindness of Strangers
Celebrating altruism in a time of selfishness
Published on Impermanent Joy
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Jan 6
The Oven is Misbehaving and Magical Powers
highs, uncomfortable lows, waiting for the babka
Jan 3
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Stacy Boone
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Year Two, December - One Sentence A Day
a spell, pong sounds, clouds moving in chunky blocks
Jan 2
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Stacy Boone
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11
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creating an emergency water plan
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Writing An Emergency Water Plan - Part III
being intentional, understanding triggers, and What If? statements
Dec 23, 2025
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Writing An Emergency Water Plan - Part II
understanding definitions and checking for leaks
Dec 9, 2025
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Writing An Emergency Water Plan - Part I
how a portal question helps to define what to do next
Nov 25, 2025
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Year Two, December - One Sentence A Day
a spell, pong sounds, clouds moving in chunky blocks
Jan 2
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Stacy Boone
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Year Two, November - One Sentence A Day
hoar frost, bird seed balls, the cold-day status report from trees, and a tintinnabulation
Dec 5, 2025
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Stacy Boone
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Year Two, October - One Sentence A Day
bear scat, covert walking, rosy streaks of morning light, and vapor of breath
Nov 7, 2025
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Stacy Boone
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Year Two, September - One Sentence A Day
running spiders, stobs, water in the brook, and a flush of tomatoes
Oct 3, 2025
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Stacy Boone
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numbered posts
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036 - The Letter I Did Not Send, Part II
visiting the food shelf
Nov 26, 2025
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035 - The Letter I Did Not Send, Part I
a right or benefit given to some people but not others
Nov 11, 2025
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034 - Pockets of Water
potholes, reliable springs, and virga - sources that can quench a thirst
Sep 30, 2025
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033 - When the Well Runs Dry
to wonder what a response might be, i instead watch reactions unfold in slow motion
Sep 2, 2025
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read, think, learn - book musings and introspectives
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Another Round - Seeking A Pen Pal
creating connection in shared letters
Jan 16
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Stacy Boone
10
8
1
The yellow house in North Woods by Daniel Mason
a flat stone set as the corner of a cabin begins 400 years of stories in a single place
Dec 19, 2025
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Dawn Smith
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Stacy Boone
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When is it not personal in Imbolo Mbue's, How Beautiful We Were
what is the promise of civilization and prosperity
Nov 21, 2025
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Stacy Boone
and
Julie Gabrielli
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9
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Redwoods in Ash Davidson's, Damnation Spring
24-7, wider now than the twenty-four feet, seven inches that earned her the name
Oct 17, 2025
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Stacy Boone
13
5
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water stories
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Summer Solstice, in Haiku
when I asked, people shared - the longest day of the year
Jun 21, 2025
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Stacy Boone
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Droplets Have Conversations
imagine for just a few moments eavesdropping on what the water that surrounds you might be talking about
Apr 29, 2025
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Stacy Boone
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First, We Were Snowflakes
A little something from a story in progress
Aug 6, 2024
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Stacy Boone
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