HeyJaredFrom Life with Victoria Olsen
Excerpts and writing guidance from my family memoir about my father Earle Olsen's art career, especially in 1950s New York City. Plus other thoughts and tips on life, writing, life-writing, and the writing life....
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A Sorting (opens the original)
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As I mentioned recently, I’ve been cleaning out my mother’s apartment since she moved this summer to an assisted living facility after a fall. She is settling in there, happily, and my sisters and I are almost done with the transition tasks (how lucky to have sisters!). From Life with Victoria Olsen is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form clas
Artists in Residence (opens the original)
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Break (opens the original)
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You know how Heather Cox Richardson posts a photo when she can’t get to writing a new post? (How she manages daily posts in the first place is beyond me.) I try to stick with a post every other week but I’m behind now and can’t see how I’ll catch up this week. Too much.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IQHw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff69081df-8d04-4882-93e
What Happened? (opens the original)
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Control and Contrast (opens the original)
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