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The Life-Changing Art of Letting Go: A Midlife Reckoning with my Stuff

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This essay was originally published on Zibby Owens' We Found Time.I once took a class in the art of memoir where the assignment was to write about an object and its meaning. I bristled at the prompt. Objects are only objects, I told myself, and imbuing them with meaning was materialistic…
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By jbadmin|
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COVID-19 Rituals: Getting Grounded in the Morning

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This article was originally published on Medium.com as "Time to Adopt a Morning Ritual."Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning if you decide to make a purchase through one of these links, I may make a small commission (at no additional cost to you), which I…
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12 Top Boston Spots for the Working Writer

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This post was originally published on the Boston Book Blog. A writer’s day can be a mixed bag. Yes, my ideal is four uninterrupted, morning hours at my desk, but writers can’t always be writing - there are many other activities that go along with the job. Some days I take a class,…
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Family Reunion Just Cuz

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My earliest memories of family outside the nucleus of my mother and father was my mother's family: her father, three siblings, and my cousins.  My eldest uncle and his first wife had three children and we were often sandwiched together during the summer, swimming in Lake George, singing…
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By Jeanne|
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Patience: The Ocean as my Teacher

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This essay was originally posted on Medium.com. John and I flew down to the Dominican Republic to spend New Year’s with friends at Casa de Campo. It was the afternoon of our arrival and we were enjoying cold drinks and their view of the sun lowering over the sea when I reached…
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By jbadmin|
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Pass the Vegan Meatloaf: Navigating Thanksgiving Traditions

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Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning if you decide to make a purchase through one of these links, I may make a small commission (at no additional cost to you), which I will donate to literary organizations in Boston. Thanks!In Jonathan Safran Foer’s recent…
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