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7 a.m. July 25, 2026 Unintended, but: When I last posted, it was the beginning of the last month of my thirties. I've been "joking" (not haha-funny) that since my food restrictions started, I already feel forty. But, also, in the last year I've gotten used to eating low-fat, and experimented and expanded what I… Continue reading Last Month of a Decade
1,000 words a day The writing resource that changed my life is the book and newsletter 1,000 words by Jami Attenberg. THE NOVEL has always been my writing goal, but I struggled for decades with focus, plotting, action, and, well, finishing a draft. I picked at one idea for more than a decade and ultimately… Continue reading When I am not writing 1,000 words per day …
Only one week of summer left! I am craving autumn coziness and have been welcoming fall for a few weeks already. Back in the Flow StateI paid a trusted literary press for feedback so I could begin a first-chapter novel rewrite. Which loosens a number of strings across the whole project and leads to a… Continue reading No-Slump September
I've been stuck trying to write an intro to this, because it would need so many caveats. I guess I'll make them a footnote?* Zoom into my small existence and I just love my little family. I love my baby! Six months is a fun age! Homemade South Jersey blueberry puree I talk a lot… Continue reading send no flowers, the visions never stop
How I Spent My Summer Vacation My summer was split between Being Pregnant But Not Letting People Know (too soon), and then Being Pregnant And Having People Know. At work, sometimes I hauled boxes of yoga mats around, or taught kiddos lessons in a community garden. When I didn't teach in the garden, I prepped… Continue reading Three Months of Life