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Writing and project updates (+ free story!) from Melanie Bell, author of Chasing Harmony, Dream Signs, and The Modern Enneagram.
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A Canadian's First Impression of 10 Scottish Foods (opens the original)
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“9 years ago today,” Google Photos reminded me, showing a carousel of pictures from Scotland.It’s been almost a decade since I arrived in the UK. What a roller coaster it’s been! I wrote about my experiences moving “across the pond” in my poetry book, The Heart Decided to Move. I wrote other pieces about the experience as well—some published, some not. Among them is this little essay sharing my delight and surprise at some of the Scottish foods I encountered. In the spirit of “9 years
Not Now, Maybe Later (opens the original)
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I have a lot of good things going on. I’m writing this from the Royal Court Theatre in London where, as a Writers’ Card member, I have free use of their writing space. While I don’t have a garden/yard of my own, my downstairs neighbours said yes to my request to keep potted plants in the gravel-filled space out front, and I recently had a salad of fresh lettuce I grew. This weekend, I watched Brighton’s Pride parade, brought my books to a DJed Pride event to sell, and went to a cat cafe, where a
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