Monday, June 08, 2026

listen to the language we use

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Writing can be a very dramatic pursuit, full of catastrophes and disasters and emotion and attempts that fail. My path as a writer became mu...

The Domino Effect

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The past two Saturdays after my swim I read all day recovering from the week which lead to exceptional Sundays. I have a lot more respect fo...
Sunday, June 07, 2026

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Stories are compasses and architecture; we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story...

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It makes me sad to see how far too often people are loved when they are fake, and hated when they are truthful.  – Karen Salmansohn
Saturday, June 06, 2026

Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace. Pema Chödrön

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Sometimes I think it would comforting to invent a new set parents. I make things.  Why not create a new set of parents? For starters they wo...

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I don't write like my mother, but for many years I spoke like her, and her particular, timorous relationship with language has shaped my...
Friday, June 05, 2026

Dream

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I dreamed I was swimming in a circular blue tile pool. It was doughnut-shaped with a hollow in the center. Another YMCA. I saw a man driving...

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Why I Love Being Married to a Chemist by Barbara Crooker ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Peter Grosz

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Read     Peter Grosz is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning writer who has worked for Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Amy Sedaris and can b...

Dream

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I dreamed I saw my old apartment on Jewett Street in Providence after 45 years. It was now condos and there was a working fireplace.

Seasonal shifts are heavily linked to a surge in vivid dreams. As daylight hours and room temperatures fluctuate, our internal body clocks adjust, increasing melatonin production and altering time spent in REM sleep. This natural disruption frequently leads to more intense, memorable dreaming.

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Tuesday, June 02, 2026

When you’re making decisions based on what gives you purpose or what lights you up, boom! That’s self-love—

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 Creating a safe zone all your own is an act of self-love

Cold Weather Craving Mash and Greens

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Yesterday it was 40 degrees out in the morning. I wore my hat and scarf and gloves when walking my dogs. By the afternoon I was craving mash...

Advice for Artists, By Michele de Bragança

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• Trust yourself. Don’t try to paint like your favorite painters — find your own voice. • Be your own teacher. Don’t just stick with wha...

Three Things: Write Read & Daily

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I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First,...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Letter to Gustave Flaubert from George Sand

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To Gustave Flaubert, at Croisset Nohant June 21, 1868 Why am I not the ... river which cradles you with its sweet murmuring and which brings...

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Nobody can advise and help you, nobody. There is only one single means. Go inside yourself. Discover the motive that bids you write; examine...

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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Marcus Aurelius