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Continue reading →: Signs of LifeWhat does it mean when I find myself wanting to put down words online rather than on paper? I have physical journals, notebooks, places to record my thoughts and fragments and memories. Places that I can pick up and hold and feel the rough paper between my fingers and hear…
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Continue reading →: Am I Still Here?In a storm of changes, some things remain steadfast. The background chatter and life of a coffee shop. My iced drink sweating beads onto the paper wrapping of what used to be a pumpkin chocolate chip scone. Crumbs are left. My fingers typing quickly and making many typos as my…
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Continue reading →: Bigger than the Whole SkyI’ve been adding to the list of Taylor Swift songs that have made me cry in the car. Bigger than the Whole Sky. Never Grow Up. Soon You’ll get Better. Marjorie. They’ve always been sad, but now they settle in my chest like an ache. Digging in with words that…
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Continue reading →: Unsettled GriefLoss can be a funny thing. Small losses can feel like a huge inconvenience, large losses feel distant, and every type of loss in between feels like a paper cut. We all lose something. Someone. It’s a matter of when, where, and how (and maybe, why). We will all lose…
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Continue reading →: A Year of Less?Usually, in a new year, we make resolutions of things to do that are ostensibly meant to make us better people. For the last few years, I have made no resolutions or goals. Honestly, just surviving was enough for me. But now, a few months in, I have a resolution…
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Continue reading →: Workplace DominanceI should have known to expect a hefty dose of emotional turmoil in an Adriana Anders book. It may look all cute and rom-com on the surface, but just beneath the humor and the grumpy/sunshine workplace banter is a depth of self discovery and realization of boundaries and how to…
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Continue reading →: Magic Most HuntedGraceless Heart is historical fantasy set mostly in Florence in the time of the Medici’s. In this version, there are witches and fae and a seemingly immortal Pope set on eradicating magic. There is also a mysterious immortal family tasked with protecting the Medici legacy. And thrown into the middle…
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Continue reading →: EvergreenI went into this book thinking I would find out some new information about the history of Christmas trees. What I ended up coming out with was a deeper appreciation for how woven into the history of humans is the evergreen tree, in all its forms. The trees are symbols…
Hello,
I’m Jess
Scientist and educator by day. Bookworm and wannabe writer by night (and weekend). Forever a fan of fluffy blankets, mugs of coffee, candles, and living a cozy life.
