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    time is a sadist
    maryelise555
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    time is a sadist

    This past Monday, I thought it was Friday - a sign of life in quarantine. I am fortunate. I have clean water and the luxury of being able...
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    speed
    maryelise555
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    speed

    I haven’t been writing lately. Instead, I’ve been whisked along through my days as if I were in some wacky tornado, galloping here and...
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    bad hair = good inspiration
    maryelise555
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    bad hair = good inspiration

    I woke up this morning resembling Albert Einstein, my hair stuck straight up illimitably, in places it has never ventured before. Lately,...
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    the best story i ever ate
    maryelise555
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    the best story i ever ate

    I’ve been re-hashing my old blog posts lately, due to the unwanted appendage you might call writer’s block. I like to call it “work.” Or,...
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    in which self-consciousness is thrown to the wolves, and a culinary metaphor is utilized
    maryelise555
    • Mar 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    in which self-consciousness is thrown to the wolves, and a culinary metaphor is utilized

    I stared blankly at the screen. No amount of will, or begging, could make the words come – at least, not in the way I wanted. I began to...
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