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Launch Day: I Was a Stranger to Beauty is Here!
Oh, happy day! Thanks to ThinkPiece Publishing, my new Kindle Single* is here! It’s entitled I Was a Stranger to Beauty: A Story of Special Needs, Simplicity, My Brother Willie, My Friend Miguel and A...
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The Dance of Disconnection (And Some New Moves)
You’ve probably had this happen to you. Coffee & connections, 2012. Photo Credit: Sarah Bayot You see a person you love after an extended time apart. It’s wonderful to reunite. You feel so...
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Are You ‘Silent About Things That Matter’?
I celebrated Valentine’s Day by doing something I’ve never done before: calling animal control. It all began when I started learning to drive our stick-shift truck. During ‘driving practice’, I’d have...
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For You, If You Don’t Want to Get Out of Bed in the Morning
It’s a bright, beautiful day, but I’m not really seeing it. The world looks bleak. A bombing at the Boston Marathon, a city-wide manhunt, ongoing violence and terrorism the world over … the hate seems...
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When You’re Not Sure What’s Most Important: A Course in Priorities, Courtesy...
Reading at L’Arche I settled down at my desk to start my workday, plunging into administrative tasks. Deep down, I knew that this wasn’t the best idea, but I didn’t feel like writing. I didn’t have any...
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To the Writer Who is Just Starting Out
One of my closest friends from Vassar once told me about how he saw Maroon 5 play before they hit the big-time. It was at a bar in Boston, as I recall. I was quite impressed, because at the time,...
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How to Persevere When Rejections Knock You Down
Image courtesy of anankkml / FreeDigitalPhotos.net It’s the moment every writer knows and dreads. When I finally open the email, it’s just as I feared. My essay wasn’t chosen; try again next time. No...
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You Don’t Owe Anyone An Interaction
Have you ever beat yourself up over not responding to every message you received in a day? Me too. I know how it goes. On one hand, you’re tired and overwhelmed. But on the other hand, there are...
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Wanting to Leave is Enough
Let me guess: it used to be good. That job, that relationship, that volunteer position … whatever it was, it started out fine. But over time, things changed. Or maybe you did. Either way, you’ve got a...
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