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Quarantine: Year One

Confession: I think I may be getting a little TOO acclimated to not leaving the house. I mean, sure, nature is out there, and I am grateful for it. But…

Quarantine Notes – Beauty Meditation

Like you, I'm losing all sense of time. Each day is like the one before. Some days are exciting: we get a delivery! Good times. I feel as though the…

Quarantine Notes – March 19

I'm feeling more in control--even if that control is an illusion. I actually got a call from my doctor's office in response to my message about upping the dose of…

Quarantine Notes – March 17

Today is the first day of remote learning for my fifth grader, aka "Kid 3." But, Kid 3 (and her older sister, Kid 2 (24) have run low fevers since…

Things that make me go Hmmmm?

Why is every activity for adults [fun thing] and wine? I'd love to paint and cook and craft, but I don't like wine. I don't want to pay for the…

Late to the Party – starting D&D at 50

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My son is pissed. "MOM. I tried for YEARS to get you to play D&D, and you wait until I move to New York to start playing?!" "Well," I explained.…

A letter to my dead father

Dear Dad, Intellectually, I knew you were mortal. And your health hasn't been good for several years. It all started to go to shit when you slipped on the stairs…

How a lame comment and a case of mistaken identity torpedoed my job search

I didn’t always say everything that popped into my head. When I went to Kindergarten, the school realized I could already read like a third-grader (though I couldn’t tie my…

8 Reasons to Self Publish (and 3 Reasons NOT to)

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We took a couple-few years off to write novels (and were pretty prolific), but we’re ready to get back in the game. You need words? We got ’em. Words to…