is a feel-good mix of personal essays, quirky reflections, and creative curiosity 🏝️home to the What’s on Your Desk? series and the ongoing serialization of Misfortune Cookie: a Memoir.
I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.
I write about the moments that make up our extraordinary lives, especially related to creativity, relationships, sobriety, motherhood, grief and joy. I like hearing other's experiences too, so we can connect through a sense of our shared humanity
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I write very normal essays about my addiction hypochondria, my teeth falling out, being poor, waiting tables, gardening, also parenting both my adult child and myself.
"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion" -Dolly Parton as Truvy
A sprinkle of pixie dust in your inbox: discovering ways to grow wild imaginations, stir up wonder, and weave everyday magic into our little ones' lives.
Feeding your hunger for a more beautiful, more nourishing life. Heart-sourced, no-bullsh*t guidance on body-mind-spirit wellness from a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
A newsletter by the journalist and author Leah McLaren.
Weekly essays on life, love, the creative unconscious and the tragicomedy of being alive -- plus regular video interviews with writers.
The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.
Essays exploring migrant life, how it influences our relationships and how it shapes our cultural identity. My writings are permeated by my status as a Millennial, permanent foreigner.