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Category Archives: Inspiration

5 things I learned about writing from Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home

May 20, 2015

I consider Fun Home to be the perfect memoir.

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Music vs. Lyrics: The Great Debate

May 7, 2015

I have a theory. Does it apply to you?

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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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What’s making me happy (March 6 edition)

March 6, 2015

Things in Bath, England, are making me happy this week.

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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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3 things making me happy (Feb. 20). Sad, yes, but also beautiful.

February 20, 2015

Three sad things are making me happy this week. If you think that’s not possible, read on.

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6:30-7:30 a.m.: Coffee, Instagram, and oh yeah, a little writing

February 10, 2015

I’m not spending hour after hour, day after day, writing. I have some other things to do, too! But when I sit down to write, here’s what that hour looks like.

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3 things that are making me happy (Feb. 6)

February 5, 2015

My weekly series of my favorite things, otherwise known as what’s making me happy this week (credit to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour).

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RIP Jim Zimmerman

February 1, 2015

I had heard he had not been well in the past couple of years. Still, I was saddened by the …

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