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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…
Alia Luria
Aug 22
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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…
Alia Luria
Jun 23, 2021
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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…
Alia Luria
Apr 10, 2020
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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…
Alia Luria
Jun 24, 2019
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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…
Alia Luria
Sep 24, 2018
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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…
Alia Luria
Sep 10, 2018
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On Other Worlds than These
I have been blazing through the rest of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King these last couple of weeks. I took a long break after reading The…
Alia Luria
Oct 1, 2017
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On Loss and Mourning
Last night, after a couple of lengthy and very cathartic conversations with two incredibly different and yet equally strong and compelling women, I…
Alia Luria
Sep 14, 2017
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On Unreasonable Expectations
Someone asked me, “Who hurt you?” I replied, “My own expectations.” I can’t find an attribution for this quote, so if anyone knows where it originated…
Alia Luria
Sep 4, 2017
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On Positivity in Daily Life
The last couple of years have been a really long journey for me in shedding the baggage picked up from various parts of my life. This year in…
Alia Luria
Aug 29, 2017
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Haiku and Thoughts (Veniss Underground / The War of Art)
My words flow freely Through time and space and sadness Like sand through fingers I don't exactly remember when I wrote this haiku. I do know that it's…
Alia Luria
Aug 19, 2017
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Confluence: Yarn, Knitting, and Barbara Kingsolver
Well, here we are. This is my first non-Close Reading blog post (not counting quotes and albums) in a really long time. Life has been a bit of a winding…
Alia Luria
Jun 4, 2017
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Confluence: Yarn, Knitting, and Barbara Kingsolver
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