Author: Abbigail Kriebs
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A Season of Rest: A Weekend Away
I often find that when I take a day “off,” I end up filling the day with other things that need to get done. Saturdays and Sundays, for me, routinely become catch-up days, where I take care of the laundry and the dishes and the unread emails and then get to the end of the…
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You Always Do What You Want To Do
When I started to say “no” at the end of this summer in order to rest and regroup, I had this idea in my head that my desired outcome would be instantaneous. Silly, I know. I know that there is no easy fix in life, at least when it comes to the big stuff. I…
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Story in Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
I just finished The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente. I love that title. It is a charming, whimsical, delightful fairytale full of the best kinds of charters: ones you would never be able to dream up on your own. The story is about a girl named…