Category: 2022
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Swimming with Friends
Earlier this evening, after an amazing day in Seattle with new friends, I swam, shivering, in the 60F sound. The sun, setting, lit the sky on fire The water, was the color of the nectarine I’d been offered by a produce vendor on the street. I was one of two…
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Incoming!!!
A wave is juuuuust about to crash. I am heading into the abyss/the future/my memory/my life/ the truth/a complicated mix of freedom and knowing. Dramatic much?! I’m scited (thank you, Glennon!😜). I will write more about an AMAZING, interesting, hopeful, enlightening conversation I overheard between two sensitive, beautiful young men.…
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Thank God for NOT Knowing Your Location
I am beginning this blog post from an unknown location. I knew where I was when I got ON the ferry but, honestly, I didn’t bother to ask where I was going. Only felt my way😜
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Stimulating Conversation is my L<3VE Language ❤️
In the last 24 hrs and in the last week, I have had several beautiful, soulful, honest and vulnerable conversations. I feel alive, connected, held and freed. I’ve spoken to old friends, new friends, a friend who didn’t know he was a close friend, coworkers, former coworkers, my sister, my…
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Viola the Great ❤️
Miss Nelson is Missing is one of my favorite children’s books. In the book, Miss Nelson is a sweetly patient elementary school teacher whose students take her kind demeanor for granted. One morning, Miss Nelson decides to employ her alter-ego, Ms. Viola Swamp, a strict, no-nonsense “substitute” teacher. The book…
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The Relativity of Appreciation
I am sitting on my friend’s couch. Aside from being super impressed with her complete collection of Worldbook, I’m falling in love with her cat. I think s/he is worn out from all the purring. S/he is obviously a naturally social cat although I think she appreciates me a lot…
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It’s good to be home
I’m exhausted. It has been an interesting week. I’ve learned a LOT. Mostly, I’ve learned how much I appreciate my family and my predictable, quirky, familiar and beautiful places, people and pets. Thanks for being so awesome ❤
Collecting Pieces of Me 