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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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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In September, not too long after my car accident, I scheduled an eye exam that had been on my list for a while. Both of my parents wear glasses, but my sister, Tillie, and I had never needed them. My dad has had a few eye problems throughout his life, including cataracts and a detached…
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I’ve lost my streak of writing one day ahead because I wrote two slices on Wednesday and got to schedule two days ahead, then didn’t slice yesterday, grateful for the cushion. But that means I’m stuck here with a loss of what to write! I almost starting slicing about my love of musicals (we saw…
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5:58. I know it will be close to 6 before I even reach my arm out to tap my phone screen. It’s Friday morning and I’m tired. Not just the exhaustion of a long week but exhaustion from a late night. Doing what, you might ask? Nothing out of the ordinary! No late-night Thursday parties…
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Every day I take Phoebe out for a couple of walks to loop around our block. Though our building’s entrance sits on a loud, busy two-way street (with a 40 mph speed limit!), our balcony looks out over a quaint neighborhood where kids ride their bikes alone and locals go for jogs and house cats…
Writing With Abandon 