On the morning of July 4th, I went outside to check on my garden. No sooner was I on the back step when I noticed a rabbit had hopped into my garden again. Rabbits have been abundant this summer. To my dog, they have become the new squirrels. Instinctively, I shouted at it, “Out of …
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Appreciating the Little Wins of Life
Right now, I am feeling a bit better about how my writing and life are going than I did a week ago. In the grand scheme of things, the changes aren’t that dramatic, but they still feel important. It’s been just over a week since I was first curated on Medium with the piece Self-Diagnosis …
What It Means to be Recognized: Timing Your Transitions
Where some people have Imposter Syndrome, I have an invisibility complex. I have lived my life trying to stay out of the way for the most part. I assume I am not fun enough. Not interesting enough. I get to know people and situations slowly. The ability to resonate in any given environment comes to …
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Growing With The Garden
Growing things is hard. You have to prepare the soil ahead of time. You have to judge which plants can go into the ground as seeds, and which need to grow in a sheltered place for a little while before you transplant them. Life is like that too, especially if you want to grow. That …
My Medium Movement Towards Meaningful Writing
Organization is not my strong suit, or at least maintaining an organizational system isn’t. It has been months since I wrote in this blog despite all good intentions. But things are different now. I think. In some ways they are exactly the same. I’m still doing content writing. I am still striving to spend more …
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Life With Words on the Side 