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I've been writing here every Monday for over a year, and I'm also writing a book. Almost Free is a memoir about what gets passed down when women tell the truth — caregiving, loss, creative resurrection, and the hope I'm planting for my future descendants.
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Write Together (opens the original)
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If you haven’t been burying yourself under your pillows lately, you’re bound to have some feelings right now. You might feel disappointed in people. You may feel rage. You may be scared. You may be numb.Maybe you’ve tuned out because it’s just too much. I get it. Maybe you want to emerge from the dark place life has taken you.We all have times like this, if we are alive and breathing.Where do you put these feelings? How are you processing the brisk pace of life that slams into your psyche every
Bones and Care (opens the original)
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There is an old folk tale about Stone Soup. As the story goes, weary travelers arrive in a village where a pot of stone soup is simmering. It begins with just a stone, and community members begin to add vegetables, meat and spices. It’s a story about community and collaboration and care.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1559744979-d5f71d625781?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyOXx8Ym9uZSUyMGJyb3RofGVufDB8fH
There Is No Map (opens the original)
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An Invitation To Write Together (opens the original)
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We Hold Brushes With our Hearts (opens the original)
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