Writing With Abandon
Reflections and ramblings about life as an educator, writer, reader, knitter, and over-thinker. Trying to do the writing only I can do.
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This morning I read Maite’s slice about the goodbye at the end of her 3-week trip to Australia, loving the lines at the end where she reflects on how travel is often less about places than it is about people and the connections you make. Two days ago, I saw a post on Instagram about…
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It’s 62 degrees in Miami, misty rain, and I’m standing outside waiting for my Lyft to pick me up after a doctor’s check-up with a new PCP. I’m wearing a cotton sweater and a jean jacket, but my hands are freezing, fingernails turning purple under the pink gel polish. I’m shifting my weight from my…
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Two years ago during the Slice of Life challenge, I wrote about my friendship with Ariel, and the messages we wrote to each other in stolen moments of our days (my early morning, her commute). Ariel is my best friend, and she lives in Israel. Our text exchanges are a bit different now. “Only had…
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I “slept in” until 7am this morning after “staying up” to watch the Oscars. I knew I’d be sacrificing my early morning slice but the extra sleep was worth it. As my day unfolded slowly and steadily, I kept my eyes peeled for little slices along the way. Enjoying my breakfast of an egg on…
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Miami was built on what used to be all Everglades. Nowadays, Everglades National Park is less than 50% of what it was before humans started to destroy it in favor of urban housing developments and motorways. In the 1800s, when James John Audubon visited Florida, he wrote: “We observed great flocks of wading birds flying…
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Five years ago, I traded in Goodreads for The Storygraph to track the books I read each year along with the books I want to read. I swipe open the app and see: Current Reads (3) Whipping through it, will probably finish today. Absolutely loving the various characters and how Lisa Jewell manages to write…
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Dear Batman, I’ve been thinking about our own crossword compatibility since Kim sliced about hers and Brian’s last week. Then, late last night, after one of our typical teamwork moments, you hugged me and said, “Thank you for being the Alfred to my Batman.” That’s us. You’re out there fighting the bad guys. I’m holding…
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Yesterday, Lauren’s slice about trying to get her roommate to slice made me smile. What her roommate thought wasn’t relatable actually was incredibly relatable to me — working from home and walking around the apartment to get steps in (which both helps your legs from going numb and your smart wearable from buzzing at you…
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After a night of tossing and turning, I’m happy to report that I had a pretty solid sleep last night. I did wake up to pee at four or five, but I wasn’t too upset about it because it happened right at the end of one of the best dreams I think I’ve ever had.…
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The first day of Daylight Savings isn’t what gets me. (And did you know it’s just “Daylight Saving”? But so many of us add the “s” to the end. It feels strange in my mouth to say it the “correct” way.) What gets me is the second day. On Sunday, due to a late night…
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