Category: Writing
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The Parenthood Dilemma
I think I’m reaching the point in life where just about every person of childbearing age is seriously having to consider (if they haven’t already had a child) whether or not they should or want to have children. I think I’m at that point and it’s my turn to make that consideration. I’m 34 and…
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…You’ve Got to Be Kind
It’s currently the holiday season of the clusterbleep of the year that has been 2020. As I write this, Christmas is 12 days away and people are currently celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Let’s face it, this year has been one sad, stressful, heartbreaking thing after another. We’ve had to adapt to living with…
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Where My Strengths Lie
I haven’t written on writing in a while. But it’s something I’ve been thinking about. I used to think that I was a terrible creative writer. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have attempted to write fiction only to look at my work and feel absolutely dissatisfied with it. Every attempt…
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Am I Being Selfish?
I wish I could say things have gotten better since my last post, but…they haven’t. It looks like whatever affected my mother when we all got sick last month has in fact started another decline in her condition. She can no longer stand or walk on her own and even getting her to eat has…
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100 Followers!
A few days ago, I got this notification from WordPress that has taken me over two years to get to. I have officially reached 100 followers for my blog after two years online! (I know my Follow Me field on my blog’s sidebar says 200-something, but there was something going on last year where someone…
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2018: The Snowless Knitter’s Year In Review
I know early December seems a little early to do a year in review post, but as the “review” part goes from January to November, I plan on ending this post with what’s been going on for me so far this month. I’m sure if anything comes up around Christmas and New Year’s, it will…
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The Future of Literature is Female
Last night, PBS’s The Great American Read revealed the results of its months-long poll of readers from all over the United States to determine this country’s best-loved novel. To very little surprise from me, the readers selected To Kill a Mockingbird by the late Harper Lee. (Coincidentally, my blogger buddy Mr Knitter has a dog…
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June 12: Anne’s Legacy
The 12th of June marks the second anniversary of the PULSE nightclub massacre in Orlando, which I wrote about extensively last year in the entry “PULSE: One Year Later”. Two years on, we as region are focusing on how to live with the pain and sadness the events of that day has left with us,…
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My First Blogiversary
Yesterday, I came across this little message in my notifications: And indeed, the first entry I posted here was posted a year ago as of this past Wednesday. For those of you who would like to read it, it is called “Dipping My Toes” and serves as my introduction to this blog and my philosophy…
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My First Love Letter 💌
Earlier this month, I saw a videoclip on The Talk where actress Laura Dern was taking part in a fragrance campaign for Kate Spade, in which several famous women compose “love letters” to themselves. Harper’s Bazaar has an article detailing the ad campaign here. Being that I have never received a love letter from another…
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