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Bonjour! This is my portfolio of current creative work - writing, art, calligraphy, poetry, humor, and random musings. I hope you find something to entertain, amuse, or inspire you! Read more here. To stay in touch, follow me on Instagram.
A Chic Year: 52 Style, Simplicity, & Self-Care Projects
My Store For Introverts
How To Be An Introvert In An Extrovert World
How To Be Thin In A World Of Chocolate [Audiobook]
Recent Posts
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Forever
April 18, 2021
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Postcards From The Pandemic
April 16, 2021
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Coming Soon
April 14, 2021
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Haiku #1
April 9, 2021
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Reading, Watching, Thinking
March 16, 2021
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The Bud of Mended Bones
March 8, 2021
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My poem, Forever, was an exercise in metre, end rhyme, internal rhyme, and assonance for my poetry class. I received this feedback: ‘despite some excellent lines, and great technical skill, it is unlikely a poem like this would be published today, as both the syntax and the form is very 19th century’. This is so helpful! I never realized it…
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These were Facebooks updates I posted during the second half of 2020. So much excitement! Postcard #1 – August 3, 2020 Hi everyone. How are you guys doing? We are okay. Craig is still working from our living room and running his business via Zoom. This has greatly curtailed my ability to belt out 80s classics at random times of…
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I’m committing to sharing my art and calligraphy journey – however embarrassing my early efforts turn out to be! As with my poems, my goal is to keep creating, keep publishing, keep getting better. I have no idea what to expect…
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A haiku using the traditional 5, 7, 5 syllable structure and a 'cutting' at line the third line. Ce problème me tient beaucoup à coer. (On a theme deeply dear to my heart.)
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Hello friends. How are you doing? Here’s what I’ve been… Reading – I’ve finally weaned myself off the comforting detective novels that were pretty much all I read over the past pandemic year. It was time! Daisy Jones & The Six – by Taylor Jenkins ReidA novel inspired by the massive success and tumultuous relationships of Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. I…
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I wrote this poem for my husband when one of his mentors, HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan, suffered a snowmobile accident. The Bud of Mended Bones Oh Snowmobile! Hath done thy worst With broken bones left Brian accurs'd Thus away, to heal for him Yet all's not lost, here in his stead Rise others to assume the head Of HubSpot for…
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Ah, life in a global pandemic. This has been quite the boon for some, like billionaires with massive online businesses; and yeast. For others it’s meant the heartbreak of having to postpone a 500-of-our-closest-friends destination wedding or the upsetting discovery that a close friend has started their own podcast. But for most of us it’s been both ups and downs,…
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So… I’ve decided to fully embrace my inner introvert (and let’s be honest, outer introvert). It’s awkward because I’m not a hugger. Anyway, I have a BRAND NEW BOOK: How To Be An Introvert In An Extrovert World. It’s a guidebook for people who long for alone time, feel pressured by social demands, get overstimulated, wear an extrovert mask to…
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With apologies to Simon & Garfunkel. PS I only ever wear them at home! Hello Ugg Boots My Old Friends Hello Ugg boots my old friendsI’ve come to walk in you againBecause a chillness softly creepingNumbed my feet while I was sleepingGone is summer, now supplanted by the rainAnd cold remainsI need the warmth of sheepskin...
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As an introvert I’ve always enjoyed social media and seen it as a delightful way to connect, yet without the overwhelm that goes with too much peopling. But lately that’s changed, and I’ve found social media unpleasant, overwhelming, irritating. Too many selfies, too much meanness, too much posturing, too much phoniness – just too much! I also got fed up with…
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