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Wrapping Up A Life

A good writer friend calls me a “completionist” because I insist on finishing a piece of writing even when I know it isn’t any good…

7 min readDec 28, 2022

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The Objects of My Life

They all have a story

6 min readDec 21, 2022

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Flesh to Soul

My husband and I have developed a new ritual. After I brush my teeth, I sit on my walker in the bathroom, and he brushes my hair. I close…

6 min readDec 14, 2022

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Speaking Up, Being Big

About twenty years ago I got divorced from a man I’d been married to for over twenty years. As divorces go, it was a relatively smooth one…

5 min readDec 7, 2022

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One Life

In the last couple of years, since my ALS diagnosis, I’ve lived two parallel lives. One was the life I’d always been living as a writer in…

5 min readNov 30, 2022

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Every Day is a Trip

Many of you know that I did a second guided mushroom trip last week, seeking a deeper encounter with death, and wanting to learn how to…

5 min readNov 23, 2022

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Considering Death — Week #5 of “A Brief Pause”

This week’s post is written by Nancy Hopps. I will return next week to tell you about the second mushroom trip I took yesterday, wearing…

6 min readNov 16, 2022

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Considering Death — Week #5 of “A Brief Pause”

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Alone Together/Together Alone

(Week #4 of “A Brief Pause”)

4 min readNov 9, 2022

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A Fork in the Road (Week #3 of “A Brief Pause”)

A few weeks ago I realized I needed to simplify my life to maintain focus on finishing my novel-in-progress. That is when I put this blog…

3 min readNov 2, 2022

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A Fiction Outtake — Week #2 of A Brief Pause

In the course of writing and editing any novel, a lot is cut. Numerous reasons lie behind the cutting. The material might be unnecessary…

4 min readOct 26, 2022

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Cai Emmons

Cai Emmons is the author of 5 books of fiction, most recently the novel, SINKING ISLANDS. Two more of her novels will be published in 2022.

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