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Hello, Frankinschool!

March 31, 2023 by Caryn Leave a Comment

Hello, Frankinschool!

Eight years ago, my kid came home from school with a book from an author visit. We’d pre-ordered it. I’d carefully written my son’s name on the form. But when my son received the book, it was signed, “To Frank.” My son’s name is not Frank. And yet, this author’s (super understandable) mistake launched an […]

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Hard to Complain

December 1, 2011 by Caryn 6 Comments

Hard to Complain

Most of the reviews for Grumble Hallelujah have been quite good (read them here). I’ve loved the emails and messages readers have sent, and the kind words friends have shared. So nice to know that something I worked so hard on and poured so much heart, mind and soul into is being well-received. But of […]

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Why Create–Reasons #2, #3 and #4

November 12, 2011 by Caryn 1 Comment

Why Create–Reasons #2, #3 and #4

Last summer I’d watch him with his chainsaw, twisting, slicing, carving. Calling a dolphin out of a tree trunk. I never got to watch him long–since I was always in the car on my way to the library or somewhere else “in town.” But when I’d seem him out there, I’d slow down–on this main, […]

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Googling Nudists & Other Vulnerabilities

September 29, 2011 by Caryn 3 Comments

Googling Nudists & Other Vulnerabilities

As I’ve been interviewed about Grumble Hallelujah, I almost always asked two questions: 1. Where did the title from? And 2. How was it to write the very vulnerable opening story about crying on the kitchen floor? The first question is easy enough to answer. I even write about it in my acknowledgments (I was […]

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Why Create–Reason #1

August 31, 2011 by Caryn 1 Comment

Why Create–Reason #1

The other day I told a friend a weird thing I do: when I’m super busy, overwhelmed with the amount of work I have and the little time I have to do it in, I take on more work. Not other huge projects necessarily, but smaller ones. I’ll say yes to writing a blog post that […]

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