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Press For The Book!
I'm super excited to see the book get some press! This past Sunday Kathy Belge (of the famed Lipstick & Dipstick column in Curve Magazine!) over at LesbianLife.About.com interviewed me for an...
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Quiet & Choices
Awesome things are happening with the book, which I'm crazy excited about. Yet, at the same time, I find myself craving the quiet and solitude. I think I'm feeling more vulnerable these days and less...
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Radio Interview
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The Point
The blank page is so bright.There is a want inside of me. More of a need. A need that is gnawing and clawing away at my rib cage. The feelings are there. So many of them. But, the words are few....
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Valentine's Day Perspective
Throughout the day I thought a lot about my past romantic relationships and the path I've taken to be sitting where I am at the moment. Single and comfortable with it. "Have I really become more...
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Sitting Through Loneliness
During this time in my life I am single and have been for a bit now. In the past, for me, being single meant being unlovable or undesirable, even something to fix. I would see myself getting older and...
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Hey There! It's Been A While!
Wow. It's so crazy for me to click over to this blog and still see so many hits on it even after not writing for over a year. Whomever you are out there who continues to read this blog and check out my...
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Working Out. Again.
One of the things about living in a small town without a car (read about why I am car free here) is that it limits the things to do in the evenings after work. Since moving here last April and my car...
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(Repost) This Path That I'm On
I originally wrote and posted this on May 18, 2015 over on the other blog I started last year. (Original post can be read here.) It was good for me to re-read this morning so I wanted to share it...
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Discovering More About Myself Around Relationships
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }I've been thinking a lot lately about relationships. All of them, really, but mostly the romantic kind. I've been single since somewhere around August of 2014 and I've been...
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Thoughts About My Life As A US Marine
Day 18 of the 22 push-ups in 22 days challenge. Raising awareness for veterans suffering from PTSD. There are 22 suicides a day amongst our nation's veterans. #22kill #22pushupchallenge...
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Ye Olde Barber Shoppe
I've been living here in Ipswich, MA for the last year and a half and have been walking by the barber shop that's on the same street that I live on for just about as long. Every time I've passed it...
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Self Compassion & Understanding
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Returning from the Farmer's Market with a carrot top tail.This morning I woke up with a sense of sadness. I awoke to clouds and rain and cool air and the sound tires make in...
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Heart & Soul
This past Monday I took a walk in the woods close to the house. My heart and my thoughts have been heavy with home, family, friends and work so I was attempting to find my center. Nature always helps...
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Stand Back Up
For the past few days I've been grieving. Trying to make sense of what has happened in this country, what's happening now, trying to make sense of all of the hate. The political system in this country...
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Women's March on Washington
So much change and transition has been happening for me over these past couple months. I keep meaning to sit down and write about them but either the words won't come or I just haven't been...
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I Refuse To Live In Fear
The Women's March on Washington was an amazing experience. Never before have I taken part in a protest or stand where there were so many people and the energy stayed in a place of peaceful power. The...
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Trust
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }Ever since this past Presidential election I find I am having a really hard time trusting people. People in general, people in my family and people in my community. Trust is...
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Love
I didn’t think it would happen again for me but it did. She was visiting me in Massachusetts when I realized that my crush had turned to something much deeper. We’ve been friends for close to 9 years...
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Trouble With The World
I'm having trouble with the world today. After last night's attack in Manchester, today felt for me like the day after 9/11. It was hard to focus on work, hard to not read the news (really, hard to...
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All The Things!
I was reminded last week that I haven't even been back in Portland for 6 months yet. Almost, but not quite yet. In those almost-not-quite 6 months I have done so many things and gone on so many...
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Photographers. We're Like Therapists.
Ever since the end of my photography project I have been struggling. For the first couple of years I felt drained, tired, and emotionally worn out. As the years progressed it shifted into something...
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The Luckiest
This morning I am so incredibly grateful.I sit here at my at my computer where I work from this beautiful home that I share with the love of my life. Outside my window are trees. Lots and lots of...
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Swimming In The Deep End
It's been six months since my last post and I am still the luckiest. I still wake up grateful every day. I still wake up feeling like I've won the lottery every day. Every single day.I never could have...
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