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Friday Footnote: How to Spot a Geisha
If you look at the painting attached to this post, you will see the back of a maiko. I painted this from a photograph that I took during the Gion…
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You Might Eat Organic, but You're Still Full of Baloney
Published by Northwest Review in Volume 50, Issue 02, Winter, 2021
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Paralysis
Published in in Toho Journal, Vol 2, Issue 2, Winter 2020
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Friday Footnote: How to say "No" in Japanese
The finger X, hand X, or forearm X (you may have noticed 🙅🏻‍♀️ among your emojis and wondered about it) is a common sign employed by Japanese people…
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On Dealing with Manipulative Behavior
So, as a writer and knit designer, I keep certain social media accounts public. I use these accounts for updating readers, posting about projects, doing…
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Friday Footnote: Masada at Dawn
As the sun rises over the expansive desert and kisses the ruins on the top of Mount Masada, I am overcome with a burning desire to keel over and…
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Amos Burton, the Unlikely Sage
On the occasion of family turmoil, I've done a lot of thinking about anger. There seems to be a lot of it around me, although none of it is actually…
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You Might Eat Organic Has a Home!
I’m super excited, because this week, Northwest Review, finally released their Winter 2021 edition with my short non-fiction piece in it. The piece is…
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Why I'm choosing to Launch My Next Novel With Publishizer
As an attorney, a novelist, and an entrepreneur, I know I’m equipped to go independent with my next novel. I released my first novel, Compendium, under…
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In Consideration of Turning 43
Hello, old friend. No, really. It's been a really, really long time since I've written anything substantive here. So long, in fact, that even doing a…
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On Happiness
When I think about this calendar year objectively, it's hard to justify calling it the happiest year of my life, but it is. As it stands, it's been 7…
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On Recognizing Love
Peonies grow in The place inside my heart that Your love inhabits I originally wrote this haiku about a beautiful friend of mine last year, back when I…
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What We Leave Behind
It's been a long time since I have given this blog a real update, mostly because I've been firing on all cylinders over the last 5 months or so, first…
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MFA, Travel, and General News!
Howdy, there. It has been a while since I've done any blogging, but in my defense, things have been and continue to be ultra busy. I thought it was…
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Still Not a Robot
Still Not a Robot
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