59 rotations around the sun. Thank goodness for a small tight circle in Greencastle to celebrate with, and wine shipped in from Napa Valley. It was a birthday to remember!

We had another glorious experience @kimbiliofiction.com this time in the dazzling, sometimes foggy mountains of North Carolina. My summer is complete!

It's always hard to describe my experiences at @kimbiliofiction.com. The way the dusk light falls over the backdrop at Wild Acres Retreat here in Little Switzerland, N.C., captures it with a handful of my fellow Kimbees in a circle, enjoying one another's presence. #kimbilioretreat2025

On the third night of our trip to Greece one of my travel companions grabbed this snapshot in Milos.

I'm over the moon to have my hermit crab essay, "Friends On My Screens And In My Head," published this week in Midway Journal. FRIENDS ON MY SCREENS AND IN MY HEAD
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Hello from NYC. Last trip for the year!

Bringing joy to the world one plate at a time.

Arugula salad with chickpeas, chicken, nuts, tomatoes and smashed avocado.

In twenty years of submitting essays to literary magazines, this last batch of rejections has been the most encouraging. It makes me feel like I'm close to placing this puppy.🤞🏾

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,423,487!

So glad to see this essay out in the world

Requiem for an Unwritten Memoir - Common Reader
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Congratulations to Da’vine Joy Randolph and Colman Domingo who picked up their first Oscar nominations. Ten years ago they had just finished a little known film, and I got to meet them both.
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Greetings from Peru

Good morning NYC!

Good morning from a glorious view!

Happy holidays