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There are so many physical sensations that are associated with writing. There’s the smell of ink, the feel of paper against the side of your hand, and the scratching noise that the tip of the pen makes when it writes. All of those things are incredibly distinct… quite unlike anything else… and if you change…
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My idea of a “daily carry” has changed over the years. Let’s leave out the obvious answers here like “cell phone” and “wallet” or anything related to money. For some years of my life, it was important to always have a lighter in my pocket. Even after I quit smoking, I still carried a lighter…
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I don’t think I’d personally bring any dinosaurs back. Haven’t you guys seen Jurassic Park? And while I currently can’t even say that I have a favorite dinosaur, I was pretty obsessed with Littlefoot from The Land Before Time when I was a kid. I probably watched that movie a hundred times — the cumulative…
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If I’m doing something mechanical or physical, like packing items from our Etsy shop, I’ll sometimes have a fun podcast or my Spotify daylist playing in the background. More often than not, though, it’s an audiobook — I’ve listened and re-listened to tons of my favorite books this way. As time goes on, however, I…
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It’s not really fair to make someone choose between animals, but if I must… then I will always pick cats over dogs. I joke with Selene that we are becoming more catlike as time goes on. I’ll frequently send her terrible selfies of me with our cats throughout the day as they jump up on…
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