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The Day Before Tomorrow
In a high-rise elevator on Amsterdam Avenue, a 90-something neighbor with a fading memory stopped time and reminded us that today is the only day that matters.
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Anchovy Drunk
I had been in the airport lounge, which sounds civilized until you are sober and find yourself lined up bar stool after bar stool watching red and white wines get…
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The Tethers
The muse clocked out somewhere over the midwest. The warrior kept going anyway. On tethers, glimmers, and the cup of coffee you didn’t know you needed.
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I Am Enough
I wake up with no compass, no direction. Coffee, a meditation mantra, and one leaping cat named Hugo conspire to set me right. I am enough.
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The Limner’s Spark: Connection and Creativity Align
A friend’s poem about the word ‘limner’ opens up a rabbit hole that connects an illuminated manuscript collection, a business partner’s quiet act of seeing, and what it means to…
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Embracing Inner Power: The Scorpio Awakening
The universe has been in a mood. If you’ve felt it, you’re not imagining it. Seven years of pressure, upheaval, transformation, loss, and the exhaustion of being rebuilt from the…
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Self-Sabotage: Nidhogg and Ate, The Couple You Never Invited
Every demon I’ve named so far works alone. This is the exception. I’m at lunch with my friend Moira at a women’s retreat in Savannah when I first say it…
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The Tattoo I Wasn’t Supposed to Read
Hot yoga, a stranger’s tattoo in a place she could never see, and a quote that landed exactly when I needed it. On Godwinks, the ripple effect, and the quiet…
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