Winter Betancourt

Reflection: What’s Something You’ve Done that You Never Thought You Could?-Jumping Out of an Airplane

Jumping out of an airplane. And then having to do it again four more times. And hating every second of it! What’s something you’ve done that you never thought you could? When I was in the Army I had to go to Airborne School. It was a requirement, and there was no way for me…
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Thrifted Thursday: A Little Jane Austen for $4

I have a soft spot for secondhand items 😅 I love to shop in thrift stores, and I try to shop thrift first before I buy new. There are always interesting things to find. This week’s discovery was a rather enormous Barnes & Noble edition of Jane Austen: Complete and Unabridged, which I found for…
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Five Gods to Know This Spooky Season

When I was a teenager, my mom bought me a book of mythology as a gift. The book was in a thrift store, and when she saw how I kept flipping through the pages she couldn’t bear to leave it behind. It’s a big heavy book, with a ripped cover, and it’s so heavy I’m…
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Autumn and the Anxious Writer

Writing stories and then putting them out into the world for people to see has always been excruciating for me. It doesn’t take much to discourage me from sharing, and I do an excellent job of convincing myself to keep my writing hidden away. Anxiety (hello old friend), panic, and fear of judgement, misunderstandings, fear…
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