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Category Archives: Creativity

Music vs. Lyrics: The Great Debate

May 7, 2015

I have a theory. Does it apply to you?

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Don’t remember? No problem!

April 15, 2015

If you want to write memoir but don’t remember specific details of events, that’s OK. Here’s one way to address the issue.

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What’s making me happy this week (April 10)

April 12, 2015

My three favorite things this week come from the AWP Conference, held in Minneapolis April 8-11.

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If you were to host an hour-long radio show of murder ballads, what would you choose?

April 9, 2015

What my friend and I picked as the best representation of murder in song.

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3 things making me happy this week (April 3)

April 3, 2015

This week I’m into headstands, drawing, and Elliott Smith.

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3 things making me happy this week (March 27)

March 27, 2015

This week: Writing, photography, and a king.

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What’s making me happy (March 20): Local art, spring, people walking

March 20, 2015

Three things making me happy this week: local art, spring, and walking.

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For International Women’s Day: Anais Nin, 1974

March 8, 2015

“She will be a woman in harmony with her own strength, not necessarily called masculine, or eccentric, or something unnatural.” In honor of International Women’s Day, please enjoy this passage from Anais Nin.

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Rachmaninov’s piano

March 5, 2015

I was surprised to come across Rachmaninov’s piano during a visit to the Holbourne Museum in Bath, England.

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The bells of Bath Abbey

March 2, 2015

Sound of church bells from the Bath Abbey on a Sunday evening in March, 2015.

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