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Spooky season for my novel draft

By Kate Blackwood / October 30, 2024

Red ink is not blood, but it’s spooky season for my novel in progress.

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wide open green meadow under a blue sky; there's a sculpture of a naked woman in the center. There's a bird on the head of the sculpture

Prairie is my new ocean

By Kate Blackwood / September 30, 2024

For the first time in my life, I am not in obvious proximity to a body of water. I feel marooned.

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Women’s gymnastics grows up

By Kate Blackwood / August 15, 2024

It’s not crazy for a female athlete to want to live a full, mature life and also compete at the top of her sport. In fact, many gymnasts and runners are proving that it’s eminently possible.  

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Cambridge monuments you may have missed

By Kate Blackwood / July 19, 2024

A memorial for everything, almost. And if there isn’t one, make it up.

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