HeyJaredKathleen Basi, author/composer
The journey of an author who writes stories about real people finding beauty in life while doing the best they can with the hand they've been dealt. Also: nature photography every month. Because beautyeverywhere
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- Sep 27, 2026
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In An Instant: Final installment (opens the original)
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This is it, folks…the end of the story! It’s a long post, but we’re done, Hallelujah!New to the story? Start here!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="10
Life at the intersection of fame and obscurity (opens the original)
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My husband proposed to me in front of the entire church at the end of Mass two weeks before I left for my second year of grad school. We were in the choir, so everyone knew us, and for years after, people would stop me in grocery stores and on the city bus and say, “I was there when you got engaged!”Also, my husband was the face of a major university for many years, and I led music for school Masses for several of those same years.The upshot of all this is that we can’t go anywhere without someo
In An Instant, Ch. 28-29 (opens the original)
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In An Instant, Ch. 27 (opens the original)
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The year of five (5) books (opens the original)
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Yes, you did read that right: this newsletter is titled “the year of five books.” And you might understand why I am constantly a bit behind and a bit frazzled!But what five books, you might ask? Well, here they are, in order:#1. (untitled manuscript), multi-POV, family saga. Status: rough draft complete. In January, I was about 1/3 of the way through First Major Revision when I had to make a bunch of notes to help me get back into it later and then set it aside, because in late January…#2. TRUST
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