A tweet and a song last night sent me down memory lane about writing on an unforgiving deadline, and the things our brains do to try to help.
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A bully, a coach and a nun did me wrong when I was a child. Sometimes, evil literally whips your ass.
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Three years ago today, I came out as a transgender woman. The past year has been the hardest of the three.
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Ten years ago today, I got in my Honda Civic to start a 3,140-mile drive to a new home and a new life.
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Tom Hanks is a big believer in breathing, I told a friend with PTSD seven years ago. Here are the quotes I shared with her.
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Thirty years ago, we drove a long way to see a baseball game in Chicago and ended up seeing two.
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“It seems to me that the first thing we have to do is to separate out the things that are pleasant from the things that are unpleasant.” Hmm …
Read More...A scene in “Mad Men” (“Dark Shadows,” Season 5, ep. 8) delights me in how it illustrates that language changes from generation to generation.
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The fresh start of each morning is a different feeling — like turning “Groundhog Day” sideways, but with me being the one hitting the reset button each night before closing my eyes.
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Twice a year, I spend a Saturday on high alert for the coming time change. My favorite is when we fall back.
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