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Category: Blog
Life in the Time of Coronavirus
These are hard, scary, and unsettling times. Life is also still good.
The Sun Showed His Face
After a winter that lasted forever, the sun finally came out. So I wrote a quick lunch break poem about it.
A Bagel in Reno
I'm sitting at the pristine succulent-lined café bar, the city on pause outside, filtered out by clean air and soft music. An elevator ride away and I’ll be in a smoky lobby, surrounded by bells and sirens, the sounds of celebration drowning out the silence of despair.
No, Crissi, you can’t do all the things
Everyone has limits. Here are mine.
All the NaNoWriMo words
Here's a peek at my NaNoWriMo word count stats, and how I made a phobia-ridden turtle trainer get on a plane for a scavenger hunt in Fiji.
Update on my family as we wait out the Kincade Fire
I live in Northern California where we’re experiencing a horrible and terrifying fire emergency – the Kincade Fire – and I want to offer a quick update on what’s going on in my neck of the woods.
Would you rather be right or happy?
When it comes to divisiveness, it's because there are two or more sides to an issue, and each person is passionate about their side and unwilling to hear from the other side. Yes, I'm talking politics. Yes, I'm talking religion. Yes, I'm talking human rights. But I don't think hope is lost. I think we can help improve the divisiveness of this world by doing this one thing....
This Must Be Love, or at least a Phil Collins concert
Last week I fulfilled a lifelong dream of mine when I got to see Phil Collins live in concert on his farewell tour.
Spellbinding books to read before Halloween
With Halloween right around the corner, conjure up a night of bewitching stories with these magical, eerie, thrilling, and spellbinding books.
