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"I love the dark hours of my being / in which my senses drop into the deep." -Rainer Maria Rilke

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My dad and I, circa 2002. Taken after we'd just hiked down and back up the Grand Canyon on ice in January. #fathersday

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My new favorite neighborhood park: Echo Park Lake re-opens. #echoparklake #echopark #parksandrec

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Friday #cocktail hour: Hendrick's gin, rhubarb syrup, and club soda. (Not pictured: basil ice cubes.) #happyhour

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Scenes from two of my favorite pages in Lynda Barry's brilliant book, What It Is. #writingexercises #inspiration #creativity #memoir

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Suddenly, I had one of the best (food) ideas in my life: #salsa added to #hummus. (Salmus? Humsa?)

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Sometimes I like to pretend I live on a farm and have just been baking pies all day. And then I put on my Ray Bans & drive to Trader Joes in my Honda.

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Still dreaming about this earl grey #macaroon from last night. #bottegalouie #dessert #latergram

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Fuel for today's three-hour walk. #water #kalesmoothie

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Excited to fill my renewed passport. #travel #wanderlust

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Oscars outdoors. #kcrw #mattsmovies

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Outdoor movie time. #muchadoaboutnothing #shakespeare #kcrw #mattsmovies

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So good, I finished it in one day. #books #memoirs #bars

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Scenes from today's #picnic including a close up of the earl grey cupcakes.

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Colorful brunch (waffles not pictured).

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This afternoon I'm celebrating the completion of 12 weeks of the Artist's Way, a classic program for creativity. It was a game changer & I've grown so much since beginning it. Tip: find a buddy to join you & start this course, stat.

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My mindfulness reminder, a scene from last weekend's retreat. #latergram #retreat #outdoorshower

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"They'd confused pleasure with the making of pleasure, the way others mistake exactness of composition for perfection, and call it art." #poetry #poems #carlphillips

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Sea lion napping station.

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Excellent start to #memorialweekend #beer #santacruz

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This tofu scramble has been rocking my mornings all week. #vegan

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Don't try anything, he's got eyes in the back of his...truck.

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This is what happens when I get nervous about not having any books to read one day before vacation. #libraryoverload

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Close?

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Dusk.

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Stepping up my skin care game. #nontoxic #arganoil #josiemaran #parabenfree #organic #vegan

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Rad Tom Odell show @theTroubadour P.s. Thanks @kcrw !