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How do you Know When a Book is Done?
Read this on galpod.com. Paul Valéry said that an artwork is never finished, merely abandoned. If you try to figure out how do you know...

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Dec 2, 20212 min read


A Letter to my Son on his Twelfth Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My Love, My, how you’ve grown this year. It has been an emotional year, a year of hard-earned success (you got...

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Oct 19, 20212 min read


On Uncertainty and Vulnerability
Read this on galpod.com. Uncertainty is hard for humans, generally speaking. Not knowing what will happen, the thought of losing control,...

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Oct 18, 20212 min read


Fits and Starts
Read this on galpod.com. The first thing anybody who knows anything about blogging advises beginner bloggers is that consistency is key....

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Oct 15, 20212 min read


The Measure of Success
Read this on galpod.com. What does it mean to lead a successful life? We all think about it. Sometimes, it's too scary to think about, so...

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Oct 11, 20212 min read


Friday Writing Prompt - Health
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about health lately. Not only because my daughter has a head cold and had to stay home from...

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Oct 8, 20212 min read


Word Trail
Read this on galpod.com. This word trail also came about while I was reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. It occurred to me that the...

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Oct 7, 20211 min read


Culture is Conflict
Read this on galpod.com. I recently finished Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens. It really should be used as mandatory reading for school...

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Oct 5, 20212 min read


On Scary Stories
Read this on galpod.com. I've been thinking about stories lately. Mot the kind we write but the kind we tell ourselves. I put up on...

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Oct 4, 20212 min read


Friday Writing Prompt: Curiosity
Read this on galpod.com. Curiosity killed the cat, is the adage. But it's also one of our most basic emotions as human beings. Without...

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Sep 10, 20211 min read


Back to School 2021
Read this on galpod.com. If you've been reading this blog a while, you know that I love the beginning of the school year. I love school,...

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Sep 8, 20212 min read


Word Trail
Read this on galpod.com. The school year has begun in our household, which I thought would give me more time for a post but no such luck....

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Sep 7, 20212 min read


Coming into our own
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking lately about becoming. Austin Kleon, a very good person to follow if you like to think about...

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Aug 24, 20212 min read


Writing Prompt: Technology
Read this on galpod.com. Happy Friday! An ongoing argument with my generally reliable laptop got me thinking about the technology we...

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Aug 20, 20211 min read


Deliberate Practice: Sentences
Read this on galpod.com. Over the past few weeks, I’ve worked through John Fox’s course on writing sentences. I like his enthusiasm, and...

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Aug 19, 20212 min read


Book Review - Snowflake
Read this on galpod.com. I finished reading Snowflake last night. I had put it on my list because I heard the author, Louise Nealon, on...

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Aug 17, 20212 min read


Vision Board
Read this on galpod.com. I’m not a visual person. I mean, to the extent that humans experience the world mainly through their eyes, sure,...

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Aug 16, 20211 min read


Friday Writing Prompt: Setting and Description
Read this on galpod.com. I like the idea of a creative writing prompt every Friday. I'll give it a whirl; let me know what you think....

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Aug 13, 20212 min read


On Generations and Family
Read this on galpod.com. When I was 14, I babysat and cleaned houses and worked at the library and earned enough money to buy two pairs...

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Aug 11, 20213 min read


Mental Health and Role Models
Read this on galpod.com. I think it's excellent that we have people like Matt Haig and Simone Biles who talk about their mental...

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Jul 28, 20212 min read
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