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I look at the world as a scientist. I feel it all with my human heart. I look at the world as a scientist. I feel it all with my human heart. I look at the world as a scientist. I feel it all with my human heart. I look at the world as a scientist. I feel it all with my human heart.
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 Outta My Head
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By Holly Moxley
In Venus & Mars Go Sailing
Posted March 31, 2023

Outta My Head

This is a guest post by Holly Moxley, an artist and designer, and my dear friend. Holly usually expresses her thoughts and feelings with brushstrokes, but she switched to a pen for this piece. I [...]

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 A Fault Ruptures and Hearts  Break
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By D. J. Green
In Ground Work
Posted February 8, 2023

A Fault Ruptures and Hearts Break

A natural event can become a disaster when humans are in its way—like the earthquakes in southeastern Turkey beginning during the early morning hours of February 6, when thousands upon thousands [...]

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 Intrepid
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By D. J. Green
In Finding the Words, Venus & Mars Go Sailing
Posted January 24, 2023

Intrepid

Small in size doesn’t necessarily mean small in spirit. Though our house no longer holds our little dog, Capi (who passed peacefully, here, with us by her side, on December 9, 2022), her spirit [...]

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 The Perfect Line
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By D. J. Green
In Finding the Words
Posted December 11, 2022

The Perfect Line

Someone says something, and you’re struck dumb. Perhaps dumbfounded is more like it. Would someone really say that? Too often it’s family—Uncle Aren’t-I-Funny? or Aunt No-Filter. Or maybe it’s [...]

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 Wherever I Go…
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By D. J. Green
In Venus & Mars Go Sailing
Posted November 6, 2022

Wherever I Go…

…there I am, in all my neurotic glory. In early September, in the days after attaining my Coastal Navigation certification with my sailing mentor, Nancy Erley, I felt empowered—a confident [...]

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 Swoosh
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By D. J. Green
In Ground Work
Posted June 28, 2022

Swoosh

Sometimes it takes decades, and sometimes just a moment… Growing Up and Out (2000) I grew up,into me,not who you wantedme to be.You remember,and so do I,that I would doall you said,that I [...]

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 Old Dog, New Trick
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By D. J. Green
In Ground Work
Posted May 19, 2022

Old Dog, New Trick

In my last post, I talked about inevitabilities, like rejection in the writing life. But there are ways to make that inevitability a little less so. First, and always, the story needs to be [...]

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 In the Face of Inevitability
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By D. J. Green
In Finding the Words
Posted April 3, 2022

In the Face of Inevitability

As I gaze into the dispassionate face of inevitability, how will I choose to be? Who will I choose to be? Rejection is inevitable for any writer. Though you wouldn’t guess this from social media [...]

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 Why I Backpack
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By D. J. Green
In Ground Work
Posted April 6, 2021

Why I Backpack

“Is that fun?” my mother had asked some years ago. “Is putting a 30-lb backpack on and hiking 10 miles fun?” I answered with a question, perhaps asking myself. “Not exactly, but going amazing [...]

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 Breccia
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By D. J. Green
In Ground Work
Posted January 19, 2021

Breccia

Hunkered at home during the escalating pandemic is not, in fact, a terrible thing for a writer. There are fewer excuses to keep me from the work. So, last month I finished my novel (yes, again!) [...]

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