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When I started Finding Ninee, I was lonely, worried, and confused. In response to writing a bunch of words, Googling “How to publish a memoir,” and reading that publishers would rather shave a cat than read another memoir, I thought “I’ll just blog!” I looked up “How to start a blog,” bought a domain name, […]

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I’d forgotten how much I love driving. Often, I avoid going places at all. But sometimes? Being on the road when the sun hints the end of the day is near, the world feels like endless possibilities. These moments make me feel as if we can each go anywhere. Driving on a road becomes a […]

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Today is Thursday. Today is Thursday. I mention this because today is also a day that I thought was a Wednesday that feels like a Friday. For regular folks, I suppose a day when you think it’s Wednesday but feels like Friday would make it easier to understand that it really and truly is an […]

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As a kid, Thanksgiving meant driving from Denver to Colorado Springs to gather with my mom’s family or my dad’s brother’s family. I can’t remember whether we ever saw them both on the same day, but suppose we must have.  Although I can’t tell you the year, I remember the day I didn’t eat turkey. […]

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I’ve been on a lot of road trips, and am convinced they’re good for growth. Whether traveling new highways or familiar ones, there’s something meditational about sitting for so long and not being able to completely zone out. My favorite time to drive is right before sunset when the light reminds me of how much […]

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Every now and again, I read an extraordinary obituary that makes me want to write one for myself, but this idea kinda feels like tempting fate. For somebody who doesn’t have all of her wills in place, much less end-of-life notifications for those who will surely need direction once I’m gone (looking at you, Robert, […]

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