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Creative Ideas for Booknerds and Sensitive Outliers Wandering, Wondering, and Worrying Through the Holiday Season
This is not my favorite time of year. I am not all sparkly and full of good cheer. I often write entertaining posts during the holidays like this one and this one that remind those of you who are feeling extra lonely during this season, that, well, I’m here for you! I’m working on developing…
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“I Collect Words” and Other Things Gifted Humans Do
” I am a proud nerd. I read a lot. Occasionally I’ll use a weird-to-everyone-else word. The other day I used the word “guffawed” in my retelling of an event not even thinking about it being unusual at all because, well, he actually did guffaw!…Most of the time my husband will say “You’re bafflegabbing again”…
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Super Sensitive? Super Smart? Super Lonely.
Here’s what’s confusing: Learning is easy. Solving a complex problem is fun. Researching and reading into the wee hours of the night is one of your favorite things. Compassion for others comes naturally. Perceiving the suffering of all beings everywhere is what you do after coffee. And before coffee. Seeing subtleties, complexities, layers, connections, meanings,…
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Book Lovers? Your Time Has Arrived.
“The child I once was read constantly and hardly spoke, because she was ambivalent about the merits of communication, about the risks of being mocked or punished or exposed. The idea of being understood and encouraged, of recognizing herself in another, of affirmation, had hardly occurred to her and neither had the idea that she…
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