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Creativity Is A Spark
Creativity is a spark. Sparks are exciting. A spark is the start of a bonfire, a lit candle, a firework, a fire in a fireplace. These...

Noelle McManus
Jan 4, 20212 min read
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I Dreamt I Saw You Again
I dreamt I saw you again last night. A dear friend from years past. I dreamt that I held your daughter, told her I loved her. Heard her...

Noelle McManus
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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20 Things I Changed About My Creative Life in 2020
I made a creative space for myself in my home. If you’ve followed me on social media, you know that I am currently the proud owner of an...

Noelle McManus
Dec 16, 20209 min read
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Do the Damn Dishes
Fun fact: The other title I thought of for this piece was: Change the Way You Think About Self-care You Giant Jerkface (side note: this...

Noelle McManus
Dec 7, 20204 min read
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A Year of Darkness
2020. I wonder how I will remember you? Will I remember it as a year of death? Probably. It’s the year our family matrichar passed into...

Noelle McManus
Nov 30, 20202 min read
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Climbing Daringly, Creating Daringly
It’s terrifying being a mother. Let me rephrase. It’s terrifying mothering MY child. Joy is a suspiciously easy child. Don’t get me...

Noelle McManus
Nov 10, 20202 min read
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Dancing Terrified
I remember being a teenager, preparing with the rest of my family for my eldest sister’s wedding. She was marrying her highschool...

Noelle McManus
Nov 2, 20204 min read
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Finding Comfort
These are uncomfortable times. I think we all can agree on at least that right? The whole world seems to be upended. The things that we...

Noelle McManus
Sep 24, 20202 min read
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Stolen Moments and Past Wars
We resorted to stealing again this weekend. We’ve been doing it our whole relationship. My husband and I recently traveled to Gettysburg....

Noelle McManus
Sep 16, 20204 min read
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I Still Made Dinner
I made my family dinner tonight. I cook the way I like to. Tonight, I threw a bag of frozen peas into the microwave. I boiled some water...

Noelle McManus
Aug 20, 20202 min read
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My First Creative Memory
The first creative moment that I remember, I must have been very young. Old enough to have to sit in the church service, yet young enough...

Noelle McManus
Aug 5, 20202 min read
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My Creative Process
I wish I could say painting is easy for me. I wish I could say that sitting down by the easel every day is the easiest thing in the...

Noelle McManus
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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I Have a Dragon Inside Me
I have a dragon inside me. I have a dragon inside of me. Most of the time she’s asleep, snoring quietly. Snoring away. I still feel her...

Noelle McManus
Jul 22, 20202 min read
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Love in the Ocean
I wish I could say that love is easy, but that’s just not true. Falling in love is easy. It’s staying in love that’s hard. It’s hard to...

Noelle McManus
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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