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Continue reading →: Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes
I thought long and hard about what photo to use for this week’s photo challenge. Everywhere I’ve walked this week, I’ve considered the angles and sight lines, hoping that the perfect shot would be just around the corner. Turns out, when I took this photo it was more to document…
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Continue reading →: She Shall Have Music…(and Camping Equipment)
“Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross To see a fine lady upon a white horse; With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes She shall have music wherever she goes.” I’ve loved that nursery rhyme since I was a little thing. I learned to read properly using a…
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Continue reading →: Wanna Take A One-Question Survey?
Hey guys, any chance you have a minute or less to take a one-question survey? One of my clients is trying to choose a URL for a new book that’s being published in the next couple of months. The book is titled “The Art of Space,” and unfortunately the two…
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Continue reading →: 21st Century Soul
Today the Daily Post asks us to discuss how we feel about living in the 21st century, and if we believe that we belong. That’s such a heavy question that I’m honestly not sure where to start. I guess it’s best to say that I believe that time isn’t a…
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Continue reading →: “Misfit” is Apropros
WARNING: The following blog post is in answer to the Daily Post’s prompt from yesterday, “Island of Misfit Posts.” It concerns a topic that I normally wouldn’t talk about on my blog (or even in public, for that matter). It’s about feminine hygiene products, which everyone here should be mature…
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Continue reading →: Book Burning
Today’s Daily Post prompt asks us what word we’d ban from our language if given the chance. Banning a word from future use is not as simple as it might seem on the outset. To ban a word from being used from this day forward, you’ll also have to ban its reprint…
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Continue reading →: Photography Friday (Kinda)! At The Met
I was in NYC a few weeks ago for the first time, and spent my days pretty wisely, imo. I saw and did a lot during the three and a half days that I was there, including walking over 40 miles (including airports). One of the coolest things that The…
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Continue reading →: The Gift
When I was young, someone told me a story about Jesus, perhaps based on a saying by Mother Teresa. He could be anywhere, wearing any disguise, watching what I was doing and seeing if I was living a good life. Specifically, this incarnation of Jesus might one day show up…
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Continue reading →: Taking a Stab at a Personal Tagline
I’ve been obsessing over today’s Daily Post prompt all day, and am no closer to an answer than I was at 10am this morning. Today we’re supposed to write a tagline. For ourselves. Ack. Since my career is actually in marketing, it’s more than a little disheartening to have absolutely…
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Continue reading →: The Leap of Faith
Today’s assignment via the Daily Post is to write about a big risk that you’d like to take and haven’t gotten around to yet. After a little reflection, I’ve realized that my life is a study in opposites. I have no problems taking huge steps that leave others quaking in…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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