Category: Humble Hobbies
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Monthly Mission: Make a Spring Sunshine List
Does anyone else hate the phrase “bucket list?” It sounds awfully macabre for something that’s supposed to be so motivating. If any of you have ideas for what to call it instead, I’m all ears. But for now, I’m assigning you the monthly mission of creating a Spring Sunshine list. A Spring Sunshine List is…
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The Actual Best Part About Publishing a Book
In January when my coworker told me she was reading my first book, The Wounds That Don’t Bleed, I was more than a little nervous. She’s the type of woman who I look up to–clever, intellectual, and an avid reader–the type of person who knows good fiction from bad and isn’t afraid to tell you…
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I Used To Loathe Cooking. Now I Love It.
What are you passionate about? Lately, I’m passionate about cooking. When I was a child I primarily learned to cook from my sister who wanted to be a chef, and from the Food Network which mainly consisted of home-cooking programs. Back then I didn’t cook often, and it wasn’t something I necessarily did for fun.…
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Five Books for a Happier You
What types of books are your favorite? My favorite books inspire me and teach me something about myself and my relationship to this strange world. I read and re-read the ones that invigorate me the most, especially if they’re books like the ones listed below, which teach me key secrets to happiness. These aren’t books…
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Nanny’s Kitchen: A Poem
I remember the September sun diffusing through the blinds, casting light upon the table, where you taught me long division. Four o’clock and it’s set for supper: Forks on the left, knives on the right, two Flinstone vitamins for Evan and Claire. I remember the patio door, wedged with a wooden pole, removed when you…
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Seeds: A Poem
A seed does not know whether it is a daisy Or an oak tree, or even a butter bean And yet it contains within itself All that it needs To become what it is meant to be. -Paige Hawk
Humble Hollow 