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Writing Is Designing: Empathy leads the way in UX Writing
Writing Is Designing, by Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle, caught my eye several months ago. The pandemic was growing by the day; I...
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Apr 12, 20202 min read
pink blooms and laundry - what we do and dream now
Outside my window, just beyond the top of my laptop, there is a tree. In deeper spring, it blooms and blooms with small fluttering pink...
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Dec 30, 20192 min read
12 minute write: The rollercoaster
Another bite sized fiction piece Why do we place all our trust in mere metal and cloth belts? I have asked my boyfriend this question...
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Dec 9, 20182 min read
The thing that makes cold weather bearable: Decorative Gourd Season
I AM A SUMMER PERSON. I have to say it in all caps because it is not cool. Cool people love fall (they're cool, get it? A punny joke only...
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Jan 8, 20182 min read
Oprah's Golden Globes was the best (stump?) speech I've heard in awhile
This was one of the best speeches I've heard in a long, long time. You heard that story structure built in - story of me, story of us,...
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Dec 7, 20172 min read
Where are the Asian American Silence Breakers? #TimesUp
Updated 1/10/2018 Whose stories get told depends on a lot of things, not the least of which is who decides to speak up and tell their...
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Jul 6, 20171 min read
Paul Simon, communication, acro
"…we have people unable to touch other people, unable to love other people. This is a song about the inability to communicate."~Paul...
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Apr 15, 20172 min read
When I looked at what happened between Palm Sunday & Easter
Every year I feel like a wanna-be Catholic because I'm annoyed at the lack of focus in the Protestant tradition on what the story is...
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Mar 1, 20171 min read
Keep going, #keepmarching, no matter what Squirrelwig says
So, how about that speech. I heard a Republican caller on CSPAN say that she loved it! He said all the great things! I saw a lot of...
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Feb 1, 20173 min read
Blogging strategy when you feel fear: How To Make Wiser Publishing Decisions
I haven't posted in awhile, or posted regularly. There are lots of reasons for it, but there's one that stands out: Fear. (Well, fear and...
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Dec 17, 20161 min read
Is anyone else out there in tears over Patti Smith's performance?
I am, I am. I wish I could write something to appreciate how much her writing makes me feel, how it's both so magical and so earthly. How...
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Nov 8, 20162 min read
Pre-Election Night Gratitude
The Grand Canyon says it better than I can. But here's what I mean: I have so much love for all of you who have worked so hard for so...
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May 3, 20162 min read
daily magic: the kid in the carpool line
I am reading Patti Smith's M Train, and it is Patti Smith just the way I love her, flexing her literary chops, her prose so fine and...
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Mar 31, 20162 min read
when I became a writer
I'll always remember: This is the golden latte I was sipping and gripping when someone asked if I was a writer. I had a notebook and a...
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Mar 30, 20161 min read
poetry as honesty
Poems, like most great art, are the art of telling the truth of life just as we live it. I learned this in the work of Joy Harjo, Mary...
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Mar 1, 20163 min read
A Self-Care Post for January, in February
The work is to find that summer every day, many times a day. When I saw Beth Kanter's call for blogposts for a blog carnival about...
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Feb 27, 20161 min read
#poetry: By its right name
#poem #poetry #becoming #amwriting #reminder #love
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