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16
Mar
What female killer whales teach me about being a 48 year-old woman

What female killer whales teach me about being a 48 year-old woman

I was very fortunate to enjoy all three of my pregnancies. Growing children inside my body introduced me to the
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02
Mar
On silkworms and butterflies

On silkworms and butterflies

Correspondence with Mr. K has been taken back up again, like a forgotten piece of knitting one returns to. And
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22
Feb
Influencers

Influencers

My favorite subject in school was always English, so unsurprisingly, my favorite teachers have been English teachers. In 10th grade,
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16
Feb
Return

Return

For my graduate thesis in creative writing, I intended to write a travelogue about my first trip - as someone
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08
Feb
This is for you.

This is for you.

I teach high school Creative Writing. The class is an elective - a voluntary English credit students take on top
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31
Jan
Every year, my father gifts me a word

Every year, my father gifts me a word

We always spend part of our Lunar New Year break staying at my parents' place, a 25-minute drive downtown
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26
Jan
Two things I've learned from my son's 12 years on the swim team

Two things I've learned from my son's 12 years on the swim team

This week, our son, W, competed in the last swim meet of his high school career. My husband grew up
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18
Jan
Buddhist creativity

Buddhist creativity

Generally, I practice two kinds of writing. The first is the writing I do each morning in my journal, just
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15
Jan

text/textile

Occasional essays on writing, motherhood, and the intersection between text and textile.