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Making space for new growth, telling stories about our home places & supporting good causes during difficult times
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Finding new inspiration in old places
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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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The lessons of vegan fried onions, the evolution of "traditions" & freeing ourselves from the myth of having it all
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The euphoria of a first draft & the twelve truths of a writing life
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Hometown friends, building empathy with books & the quiet intimacy of porchin'
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Our collective emergence out of quarantine, the art of the pandemic & the confounding charm of carpenter bees
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A mysterious red flower, the uncertainty of the equinox, and the calming power of singing bowls
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Unlearning the so-called sin of purple prose, the power of a bright pink wall & reading letters as colorful patterns
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The raw materials of a new idea; a journey to Thisaway, Arkansas; and the heresy of a straight, clean line
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Weathering an endless storm, a beautiful book with a good cause & giving ourselves permission to survive rather than thrive
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The narrative power of butterfly wings, rewriting the history of women in science & how to become an "intellectual smuggler"
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