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Surviving Struggle Days: How to get back to writing and why
Read this on galpod.com. Last week, I had a horrible day. I’m talking a don’t-see-a-point-in-getting-out-of-bed kind of day. An...
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- 7 days ago
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Friday Prompt: Magic
Read this on galpod.com. Autumn always makes me think of magic. The environment around us undergoes dramatic transformations. Unlike in...
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- Sep 19
- 2 min
September Sentimental Surges: Reinvention, Ambitions, and Fresh Starts
Read this on galpod.com. I recently read Good Years by Maya Arad (in Hebrew). It tells the story of an Israeli living in the US through...
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- Sep 15
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Memories
Read this on galpod.com. “I suspect that everything we remember has symbolic meaning, is re-delivered to us as a suggestion, a lesson, a...
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- Sep 12
- 2 min
Book of the Month: Yellowface By Rebecca F. Kuang
Read this on galpod.com. TL;DR: Read it. I downloaded this book while we were on our summer trip. To be honest, I wanted something light...
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- Sep 8
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: A Fresh Start
Read this on galpod.com. The beginning of the school year is always a great opportunity (for me, at least) to reflect on what I want to...
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- Sep 5
- 2 min
What Am I Doing Write?
Read this on galpod.com. Sorry, I had to. Puns make me happy. This August, I found myself teeming with creativity and getting a lot done....
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- Jul 4
- 3 min
Empty Nests and Full Lives
Read this on galpod.com. Programming note: the newsletter is taking July and August off to spend more time with its family. Regular...
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- Jun 30
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Assumptions
Read this on galpod.com. First, a programming note: The prompts and the writing together sessions are going on a summer holiday for July...
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- Jun 27
- 2 min
On Trust and Partnership
Read this on galpod.com. A while back (over four years ago, actually), I wrote about using the word partner rather than husband. Lately,...
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- Jun 23
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Trust
Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to think about trust. What does trust mean to you? Who do you trust and why? Who trusts you,...
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- Jun 20
- 3 min
Productivity is NOT About Focus; It’s About Balance
Read this on galpod.com. I go around the productivity carousel quite often. The carousel consists of fairly established points: first, I...
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- Jun 16
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Influences
Read this on galpod.com. In music, there’s a lot of talk about influences. Today I invite you to consider yours. Please don’t confine...
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- Jun 13
- 2 min
A Letter To My Daughter on Her 12th Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My love, My, how you’ve grown this year. We’ve had quite a busy year with a lot of travel. Travel is hard. It...
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- Jun 9
- 1 min
Friday Writing Prompt: Expectations
Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to write about expectations. Set a timer for five minutes and write everything that comes up:...
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- Jun 6
- 2 min
On Returning to a Routine
Read this on galpod.com. During half term, we went to Italy to hike the trails near Madonna Di Campiglio and see some family by Garda...
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- May 26
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Forest
Read this on galpod.com. A forest can be, depending on your point of view, menacing or peaceful, dark or dappled. The forest metaphor is...
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- May 23
- 5 min
How I Use ChatGPT to Help Me Write
Read this on galpod.com. There has been a veritable flood of posts about generative AI since ChatGPT came out. I’ve read several...
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- May 19
- 1 min
Friday Prompt: Power
Read this on galpod.com. Today I invite you to think about power. It can be in your life or your story. I suggest focusing on a specific...
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- May 16
- 4 min
Five Years of Blogging
Read this on galpod.com. Five years ago last week, I started blogging on this here blog. Of course, I was blogging before about parenting...
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