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Inaccurate Information, or Knowing When to Listen
I still remember the first time I realized that people who sound perfectly confident about what they’re saying are not always correct. It was sometime in my mid-20s (apparently I was a slow learner?)...
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Insomnia, Thief of Sleep
I started having insomnia a few months after my mom was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. I had moved away to college in late September and she was diagnosed, I believe, in November. By...
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Words Matter
Thank goodness for Jonathan Carroll and his Facebook page, because whenever my brain is feeling slow, I take a look at what he has posted recently to get my thoughts flowing again. Recently he shared...
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How to Be a Kindred Spirit
Definition of kindred spirit: “A bosom friend–an intimate friend, you know–a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul. I’ve dreamed of meeting her all my life.” – Anne to Marilla in...
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Thoughts on Being Professional
I ran across an excellent article on an economics blog I follow called “Amateurs versus Professionals.” It very much applies to what I’ve observed about writing, and I imagine it holds true for many...
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The Secret Keeper
Theodora Goss’s latest post cracked my head open, and thoughts have been pouring out ever since. There are at least three essays I could write in response to it. This is one of them. It is about...
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I Don’t Know What It’s Like
I’ve written this blog post so many times in my head, and every time I end up crushing it into a metaphorical paper ball and throwing it in the trash. Because every one of them ends up sounding as if I...
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The Most Boring Question of All Time
On a great date, the conversation will flow, there will be a bunch of questions you want to ask and a bunch of topics you want to pursue, and it will end with a continued sense of fascination about the...
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On Conflicting Advice
In the past, I have had people take advice I didn’t mean to give from this blog. I rarely mean to give advice. When I sit down to write, I’m not thinking, “Now then, let me tell people how I think they...
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On Depth in Friendships
I am interested in depth. I was talking to a friend who was sad because she had wanted to spend all day with a close friend of hers, and then that friend booked herself so they’d only have a few hours...
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