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Learning a New Language: The Lexicon of the Farm

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The essay "Learning a New Language: The Lexicon of the Farm" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! It’s no surprise to learn I love language, but what if I told you I’ve been struggling with new vocabulary? ... the lexicon of the farm. I’m…
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Sustainability in Publishing and in Life

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The essay "Sustainability in Publishing and in Life" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Sustainability was a primary motivation for our getting into farming, however, the principles have seeped into every aspect of my life, including…
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Where were you four years ago? COVID in the rearview (and the writing)

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Four years ago this month, our nation shut down with the onset of the COVID pandemic. Thinking back on those days still elicits painful memories of confusion, disruption, and terrible loss. We each have unique stories of how COVID impacted our lives. The first half of 2020 irreversibly…
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Writing Daughter of a Promise, a Biblical Retelling

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This essay was originally published on Women Writers, Women's Books. Some people assume writing a third novel must be easier than writing the first, which is true to some degree only because one knows what to expect: that they are in for a long, winding, doubt-ridden journey. When…
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Slowing it Down: Talking Snow, Story, and Swirling Change

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Greetings from Park City where the world outside my window swirls with snow and the world inside my head swirls with story—from all that I saw at The Sundance Film Festival, as well as daily reading and writing. This includes re-reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and Middlemarch by…
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New Year, New Writing Updates!

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The essay "New Year, New Writing Updates!" originally appeared on Jeannie's Substack, Constantly Curating. Subscribe here for monthly updates! Happy New Year! If you're a long-time reader or you've subscribed to my newsletter in the past, you may have noticed I’ve migrated…
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