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The Year the Tree Stayed Up
It turned into multiple years. I’m not sure I can take it down. Plus, a sparkly vintage jewelry tree—enchanting or gaudy, your call.
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Amy Cowen
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All the Holidays
A year of missed holidays
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Amy Cowen
17
Perspective & Fitting Gratitude In
Gratitude and perspective, the up-close and far-away of it
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Amy Cowen
22
Widowed—Almost Five Months In
A breakdown at the library and a decision to show up, to open the gate and navigate in the open.
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Amy Cowen
11
Creative Ease
Reducing friction and making creative habit easy and inviting
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Amy Cowen
29
Reducing Friction
Tribology, creative habit, and weathering,
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Amy Cowen
22
Of Curtains and Orange Sky
On the sadness of blackout curtains and blocking the light, with a sidestep to September 2020.
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Amy Cowen
48
Making and Moving Piles - A Tower of Hanoi View of Decluttering
On not being okay, the Tower of Hanoi, a petrified Cheezi-it, and a mystery tool
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Amy Cowen
11
A Teddy Bear Project
Visual documentation and saying goodbye (or not)
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Amy Cowen
40
The Orchid Lost Its Last Bloom
Another Mother’s Day orchid bites the dust
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Amy Cowen
I canceled little things
A poem about lemons and TV stations and letting go
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Amy Cowen
Holding Space--Until You Can Take It Back
Holding space, recording days, and a window in the trees
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Amy Cowen
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