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stephanieraffelock

Feb 11, 20162 min read

Investing In Your Writing

By the time you are working in the long-form format of the novel or the memoir, craft becomes the big thing. Story. Craft is what makes...

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stephanieraffelock

Jun 13, 20142 min read

Settling In

The odyssey of sorting, purging and packing started in September when my husband “retired” from clinical practice. That resulted in an...

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stephanieraffelock

Jun 8, 20142 min read

Garden Tools and Summer Dreams

As the experience of intense driving and motel rooms between Colorado and here recede into memory, I find that we are relaxing a more and...

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stephanieraffelock

Jun 6, 20143 min read

The Characters at the Co-Op

I’ve been eating a lot of my meals at the food co-op. Fresh green drinks and kim-che, the kind of stuff that makes some of my friends...

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stephanieraffelock

Jun 3, 20142 min read

Meet the Neighbors

We are meeting our new neighbors. We share a driveway with a young couple that have small children. I like having kids next door. They...

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stephanieraffelock

May 31, 20143 min read

Sort of, Almost, Not Quite Landing in Ashland, Oregon Chronicles

Day three of the drive from Colorado to Oregon got prettier with each passing mile. The high Nevada desert gave way to California cotton...

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stephanieraffelock

May 30, 20142 min read