A spine poem for unruly women everywhere. Adventures in #spinepoetry in honor of #nationalpoetrymonth. Thanks and apologies to Jodi Paloni, So Say We All, Julia Dixon Evans
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Results23Today’s Walk: Birds of Sunset Cliffs
“Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only live where
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A Reader Reminds Me Why I’m Doing This
“May I just say thank you for caring about a really big issue. My son has his own story to tell about his re-entry and his
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Coming home for me, books for you
As you read this, I will be back in the springtime embrace of my old homes. All of them. I’m bringing Casualties to the places and
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Sunday Sentence: Get in Trouble by Kelly Link
“What you deserve and what you can stand aren’t necessarily the same thing.” – Kelly Link, Get in Trouble The stories in this collection prove the
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Catching Days: A Guest Post and Goodbye
For fourteen years, this dog has witnessed every word I’ve written or struggled to write. When Cynthia Newberry Martin invited me to write about one of
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Sunday Sentence: A Hard and Heavy Thing, Matthew Hefti
I love reading them, so I’ve joined the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review.
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Sunday Sentence: “Discovery” by Andrew Merton
I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review. It’s not a
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Walking With My Wedding Dress(es)
December 26, 2015 This morning I carried my two wedding dresses to the end of Ocean Beach Pier. I’d planned to drop them at the dry
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Sunday Sentence: Lucy Corin’s The Entire Predicament
I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review. It’s not a
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