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Where to Find Me Next

The blog has been good to me, but like all large portions of meat, it needs a little time to rest. In a marinade, perhaps, or maybe in its own juices. I don't completely knowContinue reading
Lisa SwanderApril 28, 2023April 27, 2023
Hello, I’m Your Friend Who Always Gets Motion Sick
Encouragement

Hello, I’m Your Friend Who Always Gets Motion Sick

I get motion sick easily. Like, really easily. Beyond the reasonable range of human motionContinue reading

Lisa SwanderApril 14, 2023April 13, 2023
What I’d Do With a Time Machine Part II
Writing

What I’d Do With a Time Machine Part II

Future time travel is possible, if we could survive a black hole. Still, would you really want to know what you should be worried about?

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Lisa SwanderMarch 31, 2023March 24, 2023
What I’d Do With a Time Machine
Reading | Watching | Listening

What I’d Do With a Time Machine

No, we probably can’t travel backward through time (forward is another story). But we’d all like to see a brachiosaurus, wouldn’t we?

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Lisa SwanderMarch 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Why I Can’t Stop Watching Dr. Who
Reading | Watching | Listening

Why I Can’t Stop Watching Dr. Who

Regeneration. The idea that our lives are a series of evolving incarnations should be familiar to anyone who’s lived past childhood. The idea that those incarnations might become UNRECOGNIZABLE to us, especially as we age, should be familiar to anyone who’s working on the second half of life.

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Lisa SwanderMarch 3, 2023March 3, 2023
The Age I’d Like to Be
Encouragement

The Age I’d Like to Be

An ideal age is tricky. Unless you shoot outside the human lifespan, you’re presumably going to live past the age you pick. And then what?

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Lisa SwanderFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023
The Job I Want When I Grow Up
Encouragement

The Job I Want When I Grow Up

Writing is what I wanted to do from a very early age, so I’m already living the epilogue of my own YA book. But I do have a dream or two left.

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Lisa SwanderFebruary 3, 2023February 3, 2023
Why the Song That Inspires Me Most Is From Frozen 2
Reading | Watching | Listening

Why the Song That Inspires Me Most Is From Frozen 2

To say that I identify with Elsa as “Show Yourself” begins is a monumental understatement.

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Lisa SwanderJanuary 20, 2023January 20, 2023
4 Word of the Year Suggestions for 2023
Alleged Humor

4 Word of the Year Suggestions for 2023

If you’ve flipped through the entire dictionary, scrolled all of Instagram, and perused every wild-eyed wooden sign in your local Hobby Lobby, and STILL haven’t found an arbitrary word around which to organize the next twelve months of your life, I’m here to help. 

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Lisa SwanderJanuary 6, 2023January 6, 2023
Have Yourself A Very Boy Band Christmas
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Have Yourself A Very Boy Band Christmas

I’m just a girl, standing in front of a blog, asking you to consider adding a boy band to your celebrations of the birth of Christ.

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Lisa SwanderDecember 19, 2022December 19, 2022

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