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    On Peace and Quiet

    by Lisa January 6, 2012
    January 6, 2012

    When I think of the word peace, I always think next of the word quiet. I’ve always been someone who is extraordinarily sensitive to sound. As a student I would …

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    Best of 2011

    by Lisa December 31, 2011
    December 31, 2011

    “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.” (Annais Nin) Happy New Years Eve! In the spirit of celebrating roads already travelled on this last day …

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    More than a brighter shade of happiness

    by Lisa December 23, 2011
    December 23, 2011

    “What have you been thinking about joy recently?” Mike asked me over lunch the other day. “I’ve been thinking about that research suggesting that people are happier before they have …

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    The baby has hijacked my brain

    by Lisa November 22, 2011
    November 22, 2011

    Last night Mike asked me a work-related question during dinner. “I can’t think about that right now,” I said, “I’m eating.” There was silence. I figured that Mike was probably …

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    The Most Versatile Word in the English Language

    by Lisa October 24, 2011
    October 24, 2011

    In these bodies we will live In these bodies we will die Where you invest your love, you invest your life (Mumford and Sons) Love: What wells up when Dominic …

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    Looking Like Love: A Letter To My Parents

    by Lisa September 29, 2011
    September 29, 2011

    It’s been five months since I stepped off the plane from Asia, roundly pregnant at 28 weeks, and saw you both there waiting for me and smiling. The hills here …

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