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Month: February 2019

February 16, 2019
Community: Field Notes from a Mother/Artist, Part 2

Community: Field Notes from a Mother/Artist, Part 2

Continued from last week’s post, Field Notes from a Mother/Artist. It happened like this: One day I packed up my toddler son and my notebook and headed for the playroom at the public library, in hopes that the little one would amuse himself while I squeezed in a little writing. I settled in with my …

February 1, 2019
Cravings: Field Notes from a Mother/Artist, Part 1

Cravings: Field Notes from a Mother/Artist, Part 1

I have observed: The raising of both novels and toddlers involves urgency and mess. Both yell cryptic phrases at you, which they expect you to decipher and translate to the rest of the world. Both involve days of difficult, unpaid work that is, for years, invisible to the rest of the world.   Also: Both will …

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