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In Solidarity
The actors have joined the writers on the picket lines. Th billionaires are at summer camp in Sun Valley. The teamsters are gearing up for an unrelated strike against UPS. And the rest of us just realized the AI cliff we went over a few months ago, mixed with eight million other things, is going…
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Courage
On Saturday a mama Finch fed and then tried to coax her four baby birds up and out of the nest. It didn’t work. Sunday came. And then Monday. She did the same. With each day there was less head fluff and more feathers, less sitting and more flapping. Then the bravest, let’s call him…
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Nest
Last month I almost bought another house. Another because I didn’t plan to sell mine, but to keep and rent. It got as far as earnest money, inspections, and closing dates, but ended when mold was found and I suddenly remembered all that homes entail. I bought my home when I was 26, two years…
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Real
The Writer’s Guild of America is currently on strike and one of the things they are fighting for is that, going forward, the writers of screenplays must be human. According to an article about the strike and ChatGPT on Fortune.com, “the WGA’s basic agreement defines a writer as a “person” and only a human’s work…
Smagik is Claire Sandrin’s personal blog of writing and photographs dedicated to finding beauty in the everyday. It covers everything from how to brand yourself as a creative, making a professional pivot in middle age, travels to Amsterdam, and recipes for grain free chocolate zucchini cake. Join me for the adventure that is this life!
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