Filling in the Blanks

Books, Memoirs, Podcasts, Sobriety Mostly in alphabetical order

I'm sharing my story of spousal abuse, divorce, and the healing that comes afterward. The subscriber community here is incredibly gentle and supportive - Join us!

This is the Smithson Arts blog, a companion to the Smithson Arts website, an online education resource for all things Art, Music, Performance, and Writing. Here, you will read thoughts and ideas about education, the arts, philosophy, and mental health.

Personal essays inspired by life, the world, the people in it, and one mantra: #justwrite

Dispatches from a small, creative life

Rebuilding a life in the ashes. “In order to rise from the ash, a Phoenix first must burn.” — Octavia Butler

I’m an American who married a Croatian and fell in love with Istria, Croatia along the way. I write about my journey to becoming an expat and what the experience of living in another country is like for me.

A community of practice for experienced professionals who want to rewrite the rules for meaningful careers.

a collection of personal stories on my journey through divorce, trauma, dating, poetry, art, activism, single life in my 40s, and raising two badass kids.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Horoscopes, tender rants, and lyrical excitements

Baratunde Thurston unfiltered. Telling it like it is and the way it should be on politics and pop culture, with jokes and occasional drinks.

A newsletter where we can be curious about everything.

Step into our salad laboratory. We got your leafy greens, your grains, your veg, and protein. Plus: salady guests, salady books & recipes, recipes, recipes 🥗

A grab-bag of Gen-X goodies: midlife stories, pop culture, and a community for grown-ass women

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.