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Testing out my creative writing tool chain and subdomain

  • Posted on November 2, 2025November 2, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Using a memoir foundations class to create and test out my creative writing tool chain of private and public repositories.

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  • Observations

Finally learning to train the dog in front of me

  • Posted on September 16, 2025September 16, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Training the dog in front of me has taken on new meaning. Our canicross progress has gone well as a result. And boy does it feel good to run again!

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New achievement unlocked: Neutrality with a passing cyclist

  • Posted on September 3, 2025September 3, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

A wonderful, previously unthinkable thing happened the other day. For context, moving things have been oh so exciting, which has made cyclists a challenge. When he was an adolescent, he barked and lunged at cyclists. I had to be clear…

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Group hike.
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He didn’t care. For the first time. It was wondrous.

  • Posted on August 18, 2025August 18, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

For a dog that has a large bubble of personal space, to go on a hike with strangers of both human and canine form, and not be bothered, is wondrous.

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Maybe we need colonoscopy prep care packages

  • Posted on August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Would a colonoscopy prep care package brighten an otherwise unpleasant experience?

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Grist for the mill, want, and a daily journal practice

  • Posted on July 31, 2025August 1, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

First it was Morning Pages, then it was Instagram posts, and now I find myself wondering about writing prompts for journaling. One specific prompt.

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  • Observations

Calm, confidence, and joy: a year between dock diving seminars

  • Posted on July 29, 2025August 1, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

Last year, it was a struggle and a challenge. This year, Ry was a different dog.

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Jealous, and envious, of my dog’s one activity

  • Posted on July 13, 2025July 13, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

When my dog sniffs, the world disappears for him. I don’t have an activity like that. How do I find an activity I can get lost in, even for a little awhile?

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How my better angel communicates: Music

  • Posted on July 9, 2025July 13, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

The songs I listened to when I was being intensely bullied as a kid. The playlist as an adult. And all the music in between.

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  • Nonfiction

The person who defended is not the same person now

  • Posted on March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
  • by Gwynne Monahan

I defended my memoir, my thesis, earned my MFA, and promptly put my manuscript in the proverbial drawer where it has been sitting ever since. Lately, it keeps rummaging around in my brain like it is looking for something. Or…

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