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Amber rivers & turning toward light
Hello dear readers, Autumn is really setting in here. When I look out my window, I see the far mountain range above the treetops; it seems as though the leaves turned all at once, amber rivers running through the pines. It’s Monday, and while I had planned on getting some work done this morning, I…
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Autumn is here, a trip to the lake, and my first western grebe
Hello dear readers, It’s been a few days since I’ve posted here and I wanted to check in. My husband has this week off from work, which meant I also (sort of) took the week off. Autumn is my favourite season, and October my favourite month—of course I’ll jump at the chance to take time…
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Knitting projects, a new bookshelf, and a short fiction course
Hello dear readers! I hope the week is treating you well so far. I’ve been dealing with a strange string of migraines (strange because I went for a month without having any), and so things have been a little all over the place. But I wanted to give you an update on what the last…
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Interview with The Hyacinth Review & other updates
Hello to you all! A lot has happened in the past few days, and I wanted to share a few updates with you. —Catherine Thank you for reading! If you enjoyed this, you may also like my newsletter, where I write about life, art, culture, gardening, and all things whimsical and weird. You may also…
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A new archival endeavor
I’m writing this to you after midnight on the sixth of September, too wired from a late evening coffee to sleep. It’s always this time, after the world has gone to sleep, that I feel the need to change my life in some big way, to rip the carpet out from under myself. I’ve always…
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no. 14: february 21, 2024
no. 14: february 21, 2024 Hi again friend, It’s been a little bit! I find myself being so busy with trying to get my art therapy business off the ground that I don’t check in as much as I’d like. But today I have a little extra time and wanted to catch up. I find…
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no. 13: february 2, 2024
no. 13: february 2, 2024 Hi again friend, It’s sure been a while! January turned into this strange whirlwind of life: setting up my art therapy business, writing my first paid newsletter, celebrating so many birthdays, and working on my poetry book. Before I knew it, two weeks had passed since our last love letter—much…
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no. 12: january 18, 2024
no. 12: january 18, 2024 Hi again friend, I hope you’ve been enjoying your day so far. Aside from shoveling the driveway early this morning, most of what I’ve done is work. But that’s okay! Because starting tomorrow, I have a long (birthday!) weekend full of.. almost nothing. Which I am so excited about! I…
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no. 11: january 15, 2024
no. 11: january 15, 2024 Hi again friend, What a busy day it’s been! It seems like I started work only an hour ago, but in fact I’ve been sitting at my computer for close to eight hours now. My art therapy website is almost done, and I managed to complete a bunch of little…
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no. 10: january 12, 2024
no. 10: january 12, 2024 Hi again friend, I hope your day is going well so far. I’ve worked up until now, and have a short meeting coming up soon. But it’s Friday, so after that I’m going to wind down: do some knitting, read a book. I just got a few from the library,…
