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Radicle
Making space for new growth, telling stories about our home places & supporting good causes during difficult times
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Palimpsest
Finding new inspiration in old places
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Naches
Watching with pride as others make great strides, celebrating the Year of the Tiger & wrestling with the ever-shifting definition of "creative success"
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Spuddle
The lessons of vegan fried onions, the evolution of "traditions" & freeing ourselves from the myth of having it all
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Croquis
The euphoria of a first draft & the twelve truths of a writing life
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Propinquity
Hometown friends, building empathy with books & the quiet intimacy of porchin'
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Higanbana
A mysterious red flower, the uncertainty of the equinox, and the calming power of singing bowls
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Hibernaculum
Our collective emergence out of quarantine, the art of the pandemic & the confounding charm of carpenter bees
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Chamois
A new baby, a new year, and a new direction for my creative energy
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Sangfroid
Weathering an endless storm, a beautiful book with a good cause & giving ourselves permission to survive rather than thrive
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Synesthesia
Unlearning the so-called sin of purple prose, the power of a bright pink wall & reading letters as colorful patterns
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Sandra K. Barnidge
Tessera
The raw materials of a new idea; a journey to Thisaway, Arkansas; and the heresy of a straight, clean line
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Sandra K. Barnidge
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