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Keep turning over stones
Over the past few months I’ve spent several weeks in St. Augustine, Florida, for stints of house-sitting (big thank you to my friend Rae and her mom…
Jun 18, 2021
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In the chin
I haven’t been writing much lately for various reasons: Accidentally reading every take on newsletters to be found on the internet! Burnout! Feeling…
Jun 10, 2021
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January 2021
Is this working?
Of the bajillion tweets, takes, articles, and images I consumed last week, Anne Helen Petersen’s newsletter How to Work Through a Coup really got me…
Jan 11, 2021
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On loop
It feels strange to enter a new year when not much is new, doesn’t it? Over the past month I’ve reveled in my share of escapist media to try and abate…
Jan 5, 2021
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Anna Perling
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On loop
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November 2020
Thoughts in my mind
This is my newsletter and I do what I want to. Today that means sending a very short note to say: I’m thinking of you. Here’s one song to leave you…
Nov 3, 2020
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October 2020
The break
Well, hello. It’s been many months since I last wrote to you. The first few weeks of that break were planned. The rest were not! So here’s what…
Oct 24, 2020
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May 2020
New language
Is it just me, or was this a cataclysmic week? I wrapped it up by working with my mentee on this writing prompt from Poets & Writers: In the Cut…
May 18, 2020
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To your future self
The future! It’s more amorphous than ever, despite all of our tugging and prodding to force it into something recognizable. So I invite you to meet…
May 11, 2020
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Why write?
A few weeks ago I read Joan Didion’s essay Why I Write after my friend Mamie sent it along for a writing prompt. The piece originally ran in the Times…
May 4, 2020
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April 2020
I just called to say
Taking a break this week. But… Until next time.
Apr 26, 2020
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Say yes to your choices
Every Sunday, I go to Dance Church. This means I open a window on my computer, pay $15, and connect to a live stream dance class with several thousand…
Apr 20, 2020
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A weird sandwich
Every year to celebrate Passover, we have a seder. Seder means “order,” and it’s the term for the traditional dinner where we read the haggadah…
Apr 13, 2020
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