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Meeting

The loveliness of meeting
Kindred spirits and
Engaging in conversation
That could go on for hours
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It has been so restorative to be back in the UK
It has awakened parts of me I thought were long gone
My writing voice is back and
I want to write again
After years of feeling like that part of me had vanished
I feel a lightness of spirit
Like things are possible
(Despite the state of the world)
I want to read all the books!
And watch all the movies (specifically musical ones)!
I want to learn all the things!
I want to sing and dance and trip the light fantastic!
And after nearly a decade of exhausting trauma
Courtesy of The Big C followed by the other big C
Well, I didn’t know that lightness was entirely possible
And I am thankful thankful thankful to be here

Tonight I can hear the sea outside my window
I want to huff that sea air so it fills my lungs so deep I can take it with me back to New York
And I breathe
And whisper thank you to the wind
That I am here
I am here
I am here.
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LuMinEssence: the mission of finding light in the dark.

A Day in Manhattan

Lunch with Miriam at a delightful diner near Lincoln Center
Research at the library and finding treasure in an unassuming box
An unexpected dinner with Megan and Lauren
A beautiful sunset on my way home
Streaming a gorgeous one woman musical
Feeling full in my heart
And uplifted in my spirit
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Into the archives

Digging through the archives
Holding bits of paper that were new
Over 7 decades ago
But are now delicate and liable to rip if held incorrectly
The typed and hand-written
Words upon the paper
Hold extraordinary stories
Piecing it all together
And discovering
The treasures within
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"Rezvushka" (Frolicsome Girl) by Matvei Afanasevich Chizhov

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LuMinEssence: the mission of finding light in the dark.

The New York Public Library

​It is cold and
Pouring rain outside but I am
In the warm bubble of the
Library 
And for an hour or two
The outside world
Exists only on paper.
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Writing Time

​What a joy it is
To have time
To write
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LuMinEssence: the mission of finding light in the dark.

Time Enough

​Today I had time to write
And dig into the archives
And to go down unexpected paths
And I even had time for a little admin
And taking the floof to the park (it was cold!)
And I took some time to read a book for fun
(The Telling Room, it’s about cheese
And northern Spain
It’s delicious)
And I went to bed feeling
Content.
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LuMinEssence: the mission of finding light in the dark.

Bit by Bit

Time to research
Time to write
Time to connect the dots
Make the links
Literal and metaphorical
Put it all together
Bit by bit by byte

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