HeyJaredI Thought You'd Never Ask
Midlife musings, reading recommendations, the occasional playlist.
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How a writing retreat rewired my brain (opens the original)
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Last spring, I off-handedly mentioned to my boss that I was interested in going to a writing retreat. “Oh!” she said, pulling out her phone and swiping upward. “My friend just shared that she’s hosting one this summer in the Catskills. You should go.” The retreat promised time to focus on ourselves and our writing, with guided workshops and yoga. It was an investment, but I had a tax return on the way. I booked it on the spot.Finally it was time. I’d planned to come to the retreat with a project
Canterbury Tales (opens the original)
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I didn’t want to go. I was supposed to meet Jack at 8:00 at the Canterbury Inn, a medieval-themed bar on the backside of Capitol Hill in Seattle. I’d woken up that morning with a terrible hangover and all its accompanying ails: a case of the shakes, an insatiable need for ice-cold Cokes and greasy food, intermittent diarrhea, a dizzying headache, and a strong case of the Fuck Its. I got up to meet Heidi, my best friend and roommate, also hungover, on the couch. My new iPhone pinged. “We on for 8
47 Revolutions (opens the original)
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Joy Is Not Made to Be a Crumb (opens the original)
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Hello from the other side of an ungodly heat wave. According to the dusty dashboard of my 2011 Kia, temps rose to 107 in northern New Jersey last week. Gross!!! I miss the moderate climate of the Pacific Northwest, where a hot day means 78 degrees with a coastal breeze. But I survived, and maybe even . . . thrived? I had the week off, my mom was here, and family memories were made. We managed to get some sightseeing in before the worst of the heat and T&T’s publicity-stuntapalooza at MSG. One da
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