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How to envy well
Perhaps the secret isn’t to rid my life of envy but to choose what and how I envy instead. What would it mean to envy the good, the beautiful, the…
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In search of heat
In the mountains where I spend my childhood, spring is never warm. The muddy soil is dotted with snow patches, and icicles cling to gutters late into…
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things i want to say but don't
The sun was always warm in the morning, the sheets soft. We found each other in the newness of another day and chose to wake up and try again.
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a woman scorned
I am thirteen when my mother picks up an artichoke and throws it at the wall. It is half-eaten, the fuzzy heart soft and exposed. She picks it up off…
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a soft place to land
I wrote an entire essay about paint and then deleted it. In all the words on the page, I couldn’t find the point, couldn’t figure out what I was trying…
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a year in seasons
Your family goes to a theme park at the last minute because this is what you do, ever since you were little and saving crumpled-up dollar bills from…
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springtime creative group 🌷

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windows down
She asked me to roll down the windows in the car. It was the dead of winter. The sun worked to keep us warm and salt coated our lips as the sky bloomed…
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This one precious life
It’s a new week, a new morning, and a new chance to prioritize our creative projects, even if we can only sneak away for ten minutes. Our ideas deserve…
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Feel the fear
& other things I'm telling myself this week
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Your pace is perfect
with songs + books to support you this weekend
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