The Summer Day by Mary Oliver
Over the weekend a friend of mine invited me to join her and anyone else who showed up to read poetry at a cafe on Sunday morning. We could bring a poem of our own,...
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A Week in Idaho
It was August 2020. Air travel was once again allowed – with a lot of safety features built-in – and after the busiest work period I have ever experienced I needed to get away. A...
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Saying Goodbye to Crystal the Writer
In 2022 I read over 100 books. This might not seem like an accomplishment to some, but for me it was huge. In recent years it has been a struggle to reach my yearly goal...
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The Day the Sorcerers Visited Baby Jesus
Today is Epiphany, which is the day we celebrate the Sorcerers visiting Baby Jesus. Maybe you haven’t heard it stated quite like that before. We prefer to talk about the Wise Men visiting the Baby...
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Thoughts on Hope
Last week I posted a music playlist and looked at some of the most recent posts on this blog and saw a link to my Word of the Year for 2022 post. … My what?...
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Christmas Playlist // 2022
Hello, friends! Christmas is just days away and I’m finally sharing a Christmas playlist with you. It used to be a tradition: in November I’d start building a new playlist each year and I’d share...
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Life Under Construction
A few years ago, a huge construction project started on one of the major freeways that wrap around the city of Minneapolis. It’s a freeway that I take to get to one of the churches...
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Explore the Wonder of Wonderspaces
Let’s go back to 2020. February of 2020, to be exact. I spoke at a conference in Phoenix, Arizona and knew it would be tight to get back to my hotel to grab my bags...
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Coffee Date // March 2022
We walk into the coffee shop with masks on. This coffee shop used to be pulsating with voices and music, packed with tables, just enough space left open for a line at the register and...
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52 Meals: A Year of New Recipes Weekly / January
A few months into the pandemic, when we realized we weren’t going to see each other in person soon, my writing buddy and I hopped on FaceTime to chat. “Have you tried any new recipes?”...
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The first few years I designated a word of the year, they were ones I intentionally thought of. After a few years that just felt… ungenuine. I didn’t like the idea that I was choosing...
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