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This week’s invitation is to notice small . . . then notice smaller. The invitation reminded me of a favorite quote: There is comfort in “thinking small.” I first came across this quote while I was reading Kalman’s book to distract myself as I waited for my dad to make it through heart surgery. ItContinue reading “Think Small is My New Hobby”

a response to invitation #1 Recently, I participated in the #100daysofnotebooking challenge started by Michelle Haseltine. One of my notebook entries is a list of reasons why I write: But I don’t think the truth is on that list. In her TED Talk, Susan Conley (author of The Foremost Good Fortune) shared her response toContinue reading “Why I Write”

in-ter-stice: an intervening space, especially a small one -from Oxford, via Google search I discovered this word after listening to Kylene Beers interview Naomi Shihab Nye, who has longtime been a favorite poet of mine. Nye spoke about her appreciation of the gaps, the spaces between things. I searched for a word to capture thatContinue reading “interstice: A New Blog”