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  1. "As often happens when you say I’ll worry about it later, later happened, and spring brought a bumper crop of dandelions absolutely thrilled to have found a yard owned by an anti-pesticide crusader with no affinity for lawn care." —Maggie Slepian on why you should kill your lawn (on purpose).

    longreads.com/2026/05/14/kill-

    #Lawn #Turfgrass #xeriscaping #Montana #PersonalEssay

  2. The Journey of a Glass Child: Embracing Uniqueness

    Growing up, I was always the "weird" kid who couldn't fit in, even with my own family, a round peg in a square, rigid hole. I preferred creative things like music, art, and writing, often spending time riding my bike or walking. This was quite different from my peers, who were into sports, the military, travel, boating, and horses—activities my family couldn't afford. So I stayed in my own world, where I was happy and content. My extracurriculars weren't the usual after-school sports. […]

    dreamspacestudio.net/the-journ

  3. The Self

    A bicycle isn't its wheels. It isn't the frame, the chain, the person pedaling, or the road. Take any one away and you don't have a broken bicycle but something that was never a bicycle to begin with. We point at things and say that's 'it'. That's the self. That's what's real. But every time you reach for the thing itself, you find it's made entirely of other things, which are made of other things and somewhere in that regression you either panic or you start to find it funny. The self […]

    ridiculousbharath.wordpress.co

  4. Writing in the Age of AI: A Personal Essay https://www.antonmb.com/en/blog/writing-in-the-age-of-ai #AI #Writing #ArtificialIntelligence #PersonalEssay #Research #CriticalThinking #Creativity #ThoughtLeadership
  5. Q&A With Sonja Livingston, Winner of the 6th Annual WD Personal Essay Awards

    In this Q&A with Sonja Livingston, winner of the 6th annual WD Personal Essay Awards, she shares the inspiration for the essay and her drafting process.
    The post Q&A With Sonja Livingston, Winner of the 6th Annual WD Personal Essay Awards appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/qa-sonja-liv

    #PersonalEssay #WDCompetitions #WriteBetterNonfiction #CompetitionWinners #PersonalEssayAwards

  6. How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner

    Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”
    The post How to Read Your Work Aloud: Writer’s Digest 6th Annual Personal Essay Awards Winner appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/writers-dige

    #BeInspired #FromtheMagazine #FromtheWinners #PersonalEssay #PersonalEssays