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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Elissa Bassist

Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling... And working on other creative projects that are important to me and very few others, such as amateur photography and video editing. I also think... A lot!

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Thinking is working and wasting time (in the good way and the bad one). I'm working on controlling thinking, which never seemed possible. Wasting time on other creative projects is key! I want to be an amateur in more things. So far I'm an amateur newsletterer, and I like it a lot! Great waste of my time.

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I too appreciate Natalie Ginzburg.

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Have you read her essay "He and I"?!

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Right, excellent newsletter aside I have just bought your memoir. I sense a treat awaits me...

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This is the best possible comment. Thank you, Lindsay!

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You are so welcome! Sorrow and Bliss to finish then it's yours!

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My new favorite way to waste time is doing an extravagant paint by number. Just finished Starry Night. Does it look as good as the original? Definitely not. Did it consume my brain space for weeks and did I daydream about it while at work and have abstract stress dreams about it? Yes. Anyways. Highly recommend

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Here's a bit of synchronistic fun...I just completed my Novelette called TRASHEDIES. When, since I am a fish, in my perifperhal vision I see TRASHEDIES in your Title: TRAGEDY PLUS TIME

anywho - nice to connect with a FELLA comedienne

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