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“Are you in a pantry?” My Office during COVID Quarantine

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This essay was originally published on Medium.com. Because when we built the house, the room behind the kitchen represented the structure’s fulcrum. Because I became enamored with the bright layout in a design magazine (or maybe it was Pinterest or Housz) representing a bespoke…
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By jbadmin|
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Reopening (Our Hearts) After COVID

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This post was originally published on Medium.com.   My children are my best teachers. Having been in quarantine, in isolation, and cohabitating with them now for what is going on four months, I truly appreciate their perspective and ability to suspend judgment over what…
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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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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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By jbadmin|
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Family Reunion Just Cuz

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This essay was originally published on Medium.com. 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…
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By Jeanne|
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