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This is the best of times and the worst of times.

You can view a recording of this post here. When my sweet dad died last fall, it lit a flame under me to finally get the poetry collection I had been working on for a few years into print. That wasn’t something my dad would have been waiting for, but I know if I could […]

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The early days of Somewhere, My Home

There’s been a lot of love surrounding me during the launch of my book of poems, Somewhere, My home. My dress matching the book cover was a happy coincidence!

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An interview with myself

It was a big day. I had just picked up the books for my debut self-published poetry collection. I was alone and sat quietly in my car thumbing through the book, brushing my hands tenderly over the cover. It felt akin to what I did to the precious faces of my newborn babies when they […]