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Sewing Club

By NataliePosted on July 31, 2020July 31, 2020
  • Happiness

For whatever reason, this week was a long one. But I put in my calendar at 5pm today: Sewing Club. This is a tribute to […]

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Sweat & Magic

By NataliePosted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020
  • Writing

It’s been a hot minute since I did any fiction writing (were my lack of writing updates noticeable? *side-eye*), but I got back at it […]

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If she is paying attention

By NataliePosted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020
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I’ve been thinking more about apoliticism lately. In its complete privilege. In confronting the staggering number of eligible voters who do not vote. In the […]

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Writings by the water

By NataliePosted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
  • Poetry

Waves lap upon the rocky beach The red-orange sun grows as it sinks over the bay All I hear is the wavesA perfect quietIt calls […]

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Mountain Dew

By NataliePosted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020
  • Entertainment

I had to have some plumbers to my condo this morning to fix the guest bathroom tub. The inspection somehow missed that the water didn’t […]

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Breaking In

By NataliePosted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020
  • Happiness

New spaces take breaking in. The smell of you in your favorite couch blanket. Your personality on the walls or in a nail polish carpet […]

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Still on vacation

By NataliePosted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020
  • Happiness

My parents have a sign hanging by the coat rack: “Still on vacation” They got it, I believe, some time after they moved permanently to […]

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Fireball

By NataliePosted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020
  • Happiness

Here’s a Wisconsin/Door County Friday evening for you: Homemade pizzas, dough and all, cooked on the grill A good bottle of red wine, saved to […]

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A tribute to hard things

By NataliePosted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020
  • Poetry

A tribute to hard things:May they always comeAnd pierce our skinAnd sicken our stomachAnd make us take long walksAnd sweat until our heads clearJust long […]

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The habits of happiness

By NataliePosted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020
  • Happiness

I host Ted Talk Lunch & Learns occasionally at work, and today we watched Matthieu Ricard’s talk “The Habits of Happiness”. It’s an old talk […]

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