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December Update: No Snow, But Plenty of Books

My kids are starting to freak out that it’s mid-December and there’s no snow in our sleepy mountain town. I’m starting to freak out that our town doesn’t feel so sleepy anymore. It feels like every day there’s more traffic, less parking, and more pressing anger between our neighbors fighting for spots on the street. The only one who seems to be in a Christmas-y spirit are our neighbors who have blazed their house with all sorts of lights. It’s… a month. But in good news — I’m taking the last two weeks of December off work and plan to have plenty of time for reading and writing. What’s on…

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Meeting Your Heroes

If you could meet a historical writer, who would it be and why? I don’t think I’ve ever fully understood the “if you could meet any historical figure, who would it be?” question. I didn’t take it literally. When someone asked I never imagined hanging out with a writer. I just answered with someone I admired or who had influenced me. That’s what people really care about, right? But getting older, I’m starting to think other people answered based on who they actually thought would be fun to spend time with. Mind blown. My go-to answer to this question has almost always been Hemingway. If I ever went beyond interpreting…

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A Moment of Pride

What are you most proud of in your life? This is an interesting question because, for my brain type, pride is fleeting. It is a moment of accomplishment, a “look what I did” butterfly held timidly in cupped hands and that flies away as soon as I release it… and then I move on to the next mountain. I wonder if having pride is something ingrained in childhood, similar to having a good memory. Is pride created by hanging up your child’s artwork? Here’s a patch of honesty — I’m so out of the loop when it comes to pride that I had to look up “what instills pride in…

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