Author: Elizabeth O’Connell-Thompson
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Looking Forward, Looking Back
I am writing this from a farmhouse in Cavan, which if you know anything about me, is not where I live. That’s because I was accepted to do a weeklong residency at The Moth Retreat for Artists and Writers, and I am doing it right now. This is my first residency, and today marks my first […]
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Rise Up, Raise Up
This is not a call for you to remember your power in order to be strong because that is such a loaded word. Anyone who has ever been praised for being strong knows how powerless it can make you feel because when the time comes that you actually need to rest or ask for help, […]
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xx So often with you I would stop my words and offer my hands: arms low, wide apart. I have nothing more to give, but, see, I have taken nothing. So we did not speak for a sunny year, and I gave my words freely, told by others how highly you prized them. Instead of […]
Elizabeth O'Connell-Thompson 