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Bewitched By “The Witches”

I am not a huge Roald Dahl fan. Even as a child I found his stories to be disturbing and unsettling, and my own children feel the same…

Oct 29, 2020

Bewitched By “The Witches”

Oct 29, 2020

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An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)

How Divorce is Like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I’ve been divorced for two weeks, and the battle wounds are not healed yet, and there are many many loose ends to sort out, but the relief…

Aug 29, 2020

How Divorce is Like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Aug 29, 2020

Blue Starfish Miracles

Imagine walking barefoot on a ramshackle wooden dock on a sunny day with the ocean moving beneath you. You can hear the creak of old wood…

Aug 29, 2020

Blue Starfish Miracles

Aug 29, 2020

Can a Pair of Purple Velvet Boots With Upturned Toes Turn Pain into Humor?

I say YES! (It’s Worth a Try, Right?)

Aug 29, 2020

Can a Pair of Purple Velvet Boots With Upturned Toes Turn Pain into Humor?

Aug 29, 2020

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The Haven

Apparently Lawyers Don’t Take Fairy Dust as Payment (I think they should)

Back in December, I received an email from my lawyer while my sister, Maria, was visiting me from Utah. Maria is my older sister, and…

Aug 29, 2020

Apparently Lawyers Don’t Take Fairy Dust as Payment (I think they should)

Aug 29, 2020

A Crown made of a Kaleidosope of Butterflies

I’m tired of being in pain all the time. I’m tired of wearing a crown of thorns. They pierce my skin and they never stop hurting. I want to…

Aug 27, 2020

A Crown made of a Kaleidosope of Butterflies

Aug 27, 2020

Fairy Tale Venice: Traveling with Teens requires Hope, Humor, and Chutzpah

It’s been a really tough couple of years for our family, between losing my father to cancer, my best friend to suicide, and my husband to…

Aug 26, 2020

Fairy Tale Venice: Traveling with Teens requires Hope, Humor, and Chutzpah

Aug 26, 2020

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, only more love.

I’ve seen things during my time that there are no words for, and now, at the age of 50, when the amount of loss and trauma in my life is…

Aug 26, 2020

I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no more hurt, only more love.

Aug 26, 2020

Don’t Be Smashed

Divorce and death seem especially piercing on holidays. I don’t know why.

Aug 26, 2020

Don’t Be Smashed

Aug 26, 2020

Magic on the Orient Express

Right now, tonight, on this moonlit night, I am dreaming of trains, and specifically the luxury train to end all trains: the Orient…

Aug 25, 2020

Magic on the Orient Express

Aug 25, 2020

Marci Darling

Marci Darling

Mom. Writer. Entertainer. Cookie Lover. Former careers: burlesque/belly dancer, circus acrobat, preschool teacher, and Harvard scholar. Www.marcidarling.com

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