Suzen Juel and I lived in the same state for many years and never met. Instead, we met online just a few months after I left Minnesota, when I caught a link to one of her YouTube performances on Twitter. I was moved by Suzen’s raw vocals and powerful lyrics. I started downloading all of [...]
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People have asked me why the publishing deal for Elephant Girl fell through. The short version is that the deal I was told was a deal, wasn’t. Then it was. Then it wasn’t. Then it was all sewn up, but wait . . . no it wasn’t. The thing is, I don’t really blame anyone. [...]
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Love until it hurts, give until there’s nothing left, break until all the sharp edges are gone. And when it’s time to stop hurting-giving-dulling, believe until you do again. My extended stay at the Motel 6 just outside of Seattle, with its 24-hour Bigfoot Java Hut & convenience store next door, was one of my [...]
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I need to write this story one day. About the jagged lines between faith and experience; hope and knowledge. About the struggle between flight-or-fight responses and the intuitive call to either hang on or let go. Everything has consequences, but sometimes the only consequence is that there is none at all. Life just goes on, turning [...]
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Standing at the intersection of a sidewalk and a sandy trail, my pulse begins to beat in my limbs, as if I’ve spent too long confined to a self that’s smaller than my imagination. I stretch my legs, roll my neck, raise my arms and prepare for flight, even if it’s only the one-foot-in-front-of-the-other human [...]
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