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elyse hughes
Feb 28, 20233 min read
Getting Somewhere
When I first started writing Big Blogs, it was my way of sharing deeper and speaking truer. I’d been doing that in writing my first book,...


elyse hughes
Nov 29, 20219 min read
Beanbag Mornings
I sat on the oversized beanbag that filled our living room beyond max capacity, and plopped a square velvet pillow in the diamond of my...


elyse hughes
Oct 23, 20215 min read
Cheeseburger In The Dark
I pulled into an empty parking lot outside the closed health food store, sliding into a spot under a tree that cast me in shadow,...


elyse hughes
Oct 15, 20213 min read
These In-Between Times
There are days that I wake up sad. Or it sinks in unexpectedly, out of nowhere, for reasons unknown. Everything weighted and bleak, all...


elyse hughes
Sep 25, 20214 min read
A Slower Rise
Sometimes I let the nightmares keep me in bed. I’d be lucid, but not in control, allowing turmoil to play out in front of me, scratching...
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