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This Summer, My People Bloomed
Shared joy is the kind that bursts. The kind that multiplies. The kind that, I have come to believe, is what we are here for. The summer my people bloomed This summer, three of my friends shared news that made my heart burst. The first is expecting a baby. A deeply, quietly, fiercely wanted baby.…
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
On belonging, resilience, and the places that live inside us. What is home? Merriam-Webster defines home simply: “one’s place of residence.” A domicile. A house. A familiar setting. But an older definition stops me cold: home is “the abiding place of the affections.” That one. That’s the one I want to talk about. Because if…
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Something Is Pulling — Notes on Creative Living, Flow and Finding Your Way Back
The macrame curtain for the outdoor shower Creative living doesn’t always announce itself dramatically. Sometimes it arrives quietly — on an ordinary afternoon, in the form of a macrame curtain for an outdoor shower. This afternoon I finished a piece I had been imagining for a while. Nothing grand. Nothing that will end up in…