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Spring Reading Slump

Posted on by Jami Fairleigh
Every spring, I betray books for gardening. This isn't intentional. I stash novels around the house. My TBR is everywhere. Books are beside me on the couch. Stacked next to my favorite reading chair. Then I notice a weed, or...Read More
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The Shape of Grief

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Last week, while I was at my annual Rainforest Writing Retreat, my sister called to tell me my mother had died. It wasn’t unexpected, not exactly. She’d been older, and our lives had been separate for a long time. Still,...Read More