Life – Lauren Marie.

Find Me!

Posted on March 27, 2018March 28, 2018 by Lauren Marie

Folks, I promised I'd keep you posted about where I'm headed, post-Facebook. I'm loving Mastodon and I totally think you should join me there -- it's a great platform, actually. Here's a guide to using Mastodon, or check out Mastodon's own little video (click "how it works" on Mastodon's main page). ... READ MORE

Delete Facebook.

Posted on March 24, 2018March 27, 2018 by Lauren Marie

Dear Friends, Tomorrow night I am deleting my Facebook account. I invite all of you to ask yourselves whether your own set of ethics and principles will allow you to stay on a platform that is, quite literally, putting our democracy at risk. I'm asking you to join me, to ... READ MORE

Ballistic.

Posted on January 14, 2018January 15, 2018 by Lauren Marie

Molly and I were watching The Stanford Prison Experiment on Netflix yesterday afternoon when my cellphone rang. It was my son Henry, who's in the Navy and stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. "Something really terrible just happened," Henry said. There was a ragged edge to his voice that told ... READ MORE

Mindful.

Posted on January 10, 2018January 13, 2018 by Lauren Marie

There's this thing I've seen around, on blogs and in bullet journal communities, called "Word of the Year." The idea is that you pick one single word that is meaningful for you, and you meditate or think on that word throughout the entire year. Need more peace in your life? ... READ MORE

New You.

Posted on January 1, 2018January 2, 2018 by Lauren Marie

New year, new resolutions, new beginnings. I tend to dust off my CSS skills and site editing skills around this time of year. I put in the time -- days' worth, because I'm a perfectionist about it -- and I get my site looking exactly like I want it. I ... READ MORE

Heat, Drought.

Posted on July 8, 2017January 16, 2018 by Lauren Marie

We’re in the heat of the summer, now. From my car on 183 as I drive to Kent I see the soft-colored chicory already in bloom, tiger lilies, a smattering of some kind of small yellow flower I don’t recognize — a kind of vetch, maybe. Bright finches flutter above patches ... READ MORE

Four Years Ago.

Posted on March 7, 2017March 25, 2018 by Lauren Marie

Note: I wrote the following four years ago. I was on an Amtrak train from Washington, D.C., to Boston to attend the 2013 AWP Conference. The night before, I'd taken the overnight Amtrak from Alliance to D.C., and from my sleeper car, I had watched the nighttime world go by. ... READ MORE

Sweet Home.

Posted on January 2, 2017January 13, 2018 by Lauren Marie

How do you learn to love a place? It takes years, a few winters at least — but you learn its contours, its low places. The hardness of the frozen earth. The dry brown stalks of fennel that still stand tall in the herb garden. The curious silhouette of the leafless locust ... READ MORE