Tag: hobbies
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Creative Breaks: A Summer in Photos
Though I wrote a lot this summer, I also needed time to reflect on that writing and to not even think about that writing. I’m sure many parts of life – creative and otherwise – are like that. It helps to take breaks. This summer, two of my best “break” activities were morning bike rides…
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What I’d Climbed Up There to Do: On Learning to Play the Carillon
As a fall semester begins for students and educators, I’m sharing this essay inspired by my own college days. It originally appeared in “Bell: Essays by readers” in the March 2024 issue of The Christian Century. ~~~ I can’t fully explain why I did it. I thought a lot about those bells. Lying in my…
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On the Valuable Use of Time
I’ve been feeling the need to explain myself lately. Aware that I’ve put inordinate amounts of time into a hobby that I do (admittedly) love, I’ve felt the urge to defend myself (even if only to myself) about what I’ve been doing. What have I been doing? I’ve been writing a novel. In the dark…
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Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. Her essays and cozy fiction (contemporary and fantasy) explore everyday things like hope, creativity, and grief.
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