Chasing Ghosts

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Grief math: a different kind of logic
(Content warning: death, sibling loss.) I do this math because it is a reminder of space and time in the after, a reminder how far I’ve come in a place…
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The alchemy of time and objects
Notes on purging, packing, & how objects connect us to our past selves
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The present moment
Seasons as teachers, ghosts and haunts, being responsible for your joy, and some reading recommendations. (You can listen to a voiceover of this essay…
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All I could not say
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My DIY writing retreat
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Step into holy space
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I'm not a kayak girl
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On the idea of a witness
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Love note to a waking-up world
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I'm not a kayak girl
"Am I boring now?" and other thoughts
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Love note to a waking-up world
There is a memory I always associate with spring. My brother and I would run out into our driveway in our swimsuits, stomping barefoot through the…
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On the search for story
Also: Orion, myths, a compass, writer's block, wayfinding, haunted houses, and Harriet the Spy
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Step into holy space
On taking a walk, being open, crossing thresholds, nostalgia, and EMDR therapy.
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An argument for the curiosity project
On following curiosity, cults, The Nutcracker, the Winter Solstice, writing about others, and lampposts marking the passage of time
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9 books I read and loved in 2023
📚Also: Book gift ideas for adults, tween recs from my 12-year-old stepdaughter, and books for kids of many ages with some help from Sarah Miller's "Can…
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All I could not say
On Thanksgiving, when it's hard to show up, putting the garden to bed, dahlias, dreaming, gratitude, grief, winter, and the grey Ohio sky. (6-min. read)
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Chasing Ghosts
Chasing Ghosts
essays (and the occasional interview) working toward a metaphorical concept of ghosts and haunts.
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