Category: Journal
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Summer 2022, summarized in photos
I spent a lot of time offline this summer. Generally speaking, this feels like a net positive. However, I did have a few ideas I was looking forward to posting on here and now it feels awkward to do so without acknowledging my lengthy absence. Consider it hereby acknowledged. At some point late in the…
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The stories we don’t want to tell
On the afternoon of April 20, 1999, my mom was driving me to an after-school activity when she told me, “I have to talk to you about something.” I was in eighth grade. Old enough to know when someone waits for a quiet moment to say, I have to talk to you about something, it’s…
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Wandering a favorite writing spot
I’ve written often about writing at the beach, and how I would never have two finished books to my name without our humble family bungalow. And yet, I don’t pull massive word counts on every beach trip. In fact, since our first pandemic summer, I haven’t written much there at all. My two most recent…