An Off-Season Bloom.
Musings + Essays
Musings on blooming where you're planted or recognizing when you are in the midst of…
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A Therapy of the Slow and Silent —
Learnings
Reflections on taking care of myself while worried, overwhelmed, and burned out -- what works…
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Self-Assessments and the Sonoran Desert.
Musings + Essays
A mid-year self-assessment: how are we doing on goals and expectations for the year? And…
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A Gerund Girl.
Learnings
A reflection on thinking about ourselves as verbs, not nouns.
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The Magpie Diary: May 11, 2025.
Musings + Essays
How do we show up for the younger versions of ourselves, the older versions of…
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Finish the Day and Be Done with It.
Musings + Essays
This week's inspirations, including a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson and a funny reel on…
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10 Things I Love That I Shouldn’t.*
Musings + Essays
What weird but harmless things do you love?
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Jen’s Weekend Drafts: Sit with Today’s Version of Yourself.
Musings + Essays
This week's inspirations: a quote about slowing down to sit with the version of yourself…
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11 Magpie Reader Self-Portraits in Miniature.
Learnings
11 Magpie readers share portraits of themselves with 3-4 poetic "signature" descriptions of themselves.
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Welcome Inconveniences.
Musings + Essays
Reflections on welcome inconveniences in life.
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The Magpie Diary: Feb. 23, 2025.
Musings + Essays
The Magpie diary: a reflection on being misunderstood, and learning to lean into your own…
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Gifts for Our Future Selves.
Learnings
Gifts to our future selves -- from wearing SPF to setting hard boundaries.
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