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At the end of a stressful year, I meant to take time off in December. But I got caught in a windstorm of new work instead. Some of it hasn’t published yet, but a lot of it did. Here are the articles I wrote that published in December, 2020.
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Since people follow social media accounts that post about topics they are interested in, it stands to reason that themes would emerge in anyone’s feed. But I’m always tickled when posts on a random keyword or topic show up sequentially in my feeds. Yes, I follow lots of musicians and music-related accounts. But I have no particular interest in organs. And the two accounts above deal with very different musical genres. I just love that.
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For years, I drove past Open Books, Seattle’s only poem emporium. I read some poetry, but I didn’t think I read enough poetry to bother visiting a bookstore that only sold poetry. Then I finally visited it during my first Independent Bookstore Day. I was amazed how many interesting books I found there. I still don’t visit often, but I never leave empty handed when I do.
The continued existence of independent bookstores is precarious at the best of times. As one of the few specialty bookstores left in our city, I especially worry about Open Books during the pandemic. I hope Open Books stays open.
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When my youngest child was in kindergarten, her school decided to expand the science fair to all grades. They gave the youngest students choices, and my child chose to make a bird nest, because that was the most artsy option. Somewhere between science, sculpture, and ikebana, this was her project.
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Lake Myvatn in north Iceland. Yeah. I could live here.
Of course, it’s probably frozen over right now. And I’d be afraid to drive in the kind of snow that’s normal there this time of year. But it is awfully pretty.