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Remembering My Budgerigar and the Naming of Pets
When we lived in Australia I had a budgerigar—a.k.a. budgie, a.k.a. grass parakeet. They are native to Australia and fly in great flocks over the iron-rich red desert of the interior of the continent. I thought I loved birds until I saw these in their natural habitat and then everything clicked together for me—geology, geography, […]
So Many Components to Grief
Grief has a lot of components. And if you’re lucky enough to live long enough, a greater variety of those components will touch your life. It might not seem like it, but those components will make you stronger. This past summer I couldn’t sleep. I was dealing with physical stress; I was fed up with […]
In Context: Family Thanksgivings
We can’t always be with family on special days, or any day, but we can still enjoy their presence through the magic of journaling.
Notes from Past Conversations
One of the benefits to come out of downsizing is the sorting through of things, notes, boxes, shelves, and nooks and cranies. Lots of things turn up. I have been putting the little scraps of things into my current journal if they mean something to me. Here’s a little note I made after a conversation […]
Review: “Look Again: A Memoir” by Elizabeth A. Trembley
Books do contain essential information—sometimes. And when I read a book that does contain essential information I go around telling everyone about it—urging them to read it. That’s how I feel about Elizabeth A. Trembley’s “Look Again: A Memoir.” It contains essential information about life, creativity, and balance. Everyone alive experiences trauma a some point […]
Relish: Lucy Knisley’s Visual Memoir Tells the Story of Her Life through Food
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