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Home Sweet Home

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Visiting my in-laws is always a nostalgic experience. They’ve lived in the same house since they got married 35 years ago and their home has been my sanctuary for more than half my life. I wandered into Steve’s room on Saturday morning and couldn’t help but smile. It would be impossible to sum up the [...]

Part II: How I Got Here

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Picking up where I left off yesterday…I had just moved into my new house with my husband-to-be. House in Hampden, check! After graduating with a Master in Public Administration a year earlier, I had started working at a small nonprofit. It was a great job with super hours and the office was within walking distance [...]

Flower City, Trains & Coffee

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Steve and I took the train to BWI this past Friday and the trip was delightful. We are lucky enough to have a lightrail station only a few blocks from our home. I daydreamed while staring out the window, read Harry Potter (yes, I know I’m one of the last people to read this series [...]

Kitschy Inspiration & Road Trips

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This is yet another reason why I love my neighborhood. How could I resist taking a picture of this lovely Hampden front yard? These are the kinds of scenes that spark my imagination for future characters and settings. I snapped this picture while walking to the post office last week. I’ve stayed true to my [...]

Back in Charm City & Book Two

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My quick trip to Woodstock was energizing and inspiring, as always. I drove up on Wednesday night and headed back to Charm City on Saturday morning. Woodstock’s tourist season is winding down, which for me is a relief. As I packed up the car on Saturday morning to head back to Baltimore, I was thankful [...]

Just Remembered Where All This Started

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My novel is set in Bar Harbor. Some of it takes place in the present, other parts in Eden, which was the actual name of Bar Harbor before 1900. A few moments ago, I was working on the second draft (about to type the 24,222nd word) and the memory of a bookstore in Bar Harbor [...]

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