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Continue reading →: Weekly Writing Challenge: Papa & Popcorn
For this week’s challenge, I chose a paragraph from my most popular blog post by far, a silly instructional about how to pop microwave popcorn on the stove. (Don’t look at me – I’m as mystified by that as you.) Original: Unfortunately, soon after buying the microwave, we discovered that…
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Continue reading →: Procrastination, Be Gone!
Today’s Daily Post prompt is to craft a missive to a personality trait that you dislike, telling it to basically shape up or ship out. In the interest of being true to this goal, this post will be short(ish). Dear Procrastination, I can’t begin to tell you how happy I…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect Rainy Afternoon
Today at the Daily Post, they’ve asked us to describe our perfect, rainy afternoon. This is the true story (with a few tiny embellishments) of a favorite rainy day from my childhood. It was mid-summer, when the expanse of warm days behind you seems almost as endless and uncountable as…
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Continue reading →: Changing My Life: #1
I’m always in a state of flux. Who isn’t, though, really? I can’t imagine living a life that I wasn’t constantly trying to improve upon. My ideal self is a strong, noble, thoughtful adventurer who has potent dreams, invents whole new universes, and constantly strives to make the world better…
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Continue reading →: Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves
One of the most sumptuous and satisfying meals of my life – housemade spaghetti with clams, my own bottle of house white, crusty Italian bread, and off to the side, the remainder of a fresh octopus salad. I took this photo last June as I sat along one of the lagoons…
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Continue reading →: Photography Friday! Week 8 – Madame Tussaud’s NYC
It’s hard to believe that just two weeks ago, I was in New York, getting ready to do some serious sight-seeing. One of the places The Man and I visited while I was in town was Madame Tussaud’s, the NYC location of the world-famous wax museum headquartered in London. It…
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Continue reading →: Losing My Religion, Finding My Truth
Today’s Daily Post prompt asks us to “describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time.” I’m from a sleepy little town in eastern North Carolina. We have two stoplights, a grocery store, a couple of gas…
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Continue reading →: All The Difference In The World
Today’s Daily Post prompt asks bloggers to write about who they believe should be nominated for TIME’s person of the year. I don’t read TIME, and traditionally have found their person of the year to be subjective and pointless. Seriously, these are the folks who chose Adolf Hitler for the…
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Continue reading →: A Huge Thank You
Guys, I’m really tired, so going to make this short. However, I just had to stop in and let you know how much all of your well-wishes, Twitter follows, FB likes and comments here on Compass & Quill just made my day. You made all the difference for me. This…
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Continue reading →: Help!
Hey there, loyal readers! I hate to be a bother, but was wondering if you could help me out a bit. I’m in the process of opening up shop (all official-like) as a freelancer, and I’ve been slowly working my way towards building a new website and creating my social…
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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