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My Piano Hands: A Flash Memoir Collection

My Piano Hands: A Flash Memoir Collection

In this flash memoir collection, Kathryn questions her "Piano Hands" that play music by ear, a gift from a parent she never met.

2020

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RESILIENCE

Resilience noun

1d ago

Beautiful white flower with bright yellow center and ice on every petal.

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4 ACRONYMS to CHALLENGE OUR THINKING

WIIFM — What’s In It For Me?

6d ago

4 ACRONYMS to CHALLENGE OUR THINKING

6d ago

A Race Track with No Racing, Just Horses

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2024 BY Kathryn Atkins

Nov 11

A Race Track with No Racing, Just Horses

Nov 11

Why $60 Is Not a Lot for Halloween Candy

I railed against buying three bags of candy for $60. “Do you know how silly this is?” I asked my husband as we checked out at Costco. “It’s…

Nov 6

Why $60 Is Not a Lot for Halloween Candy

Nov 6

Why Do Murals Make Me Happy?

The idea of someone having the artistic huevos to put this much color on brick walls makes me giddy with rebellion and envious pleasure…

Oct 11

Montreal. Cartoonesque mural wrapping around a corner of a brick building.

Oct 11

STUCK?

OMG. Leave it to Roy Kent’s wisdom on Ted Lasso to get me thinking about being stuck! What came out in my journal this morning after the…

Oct 9

STUCK?

Oct 9

What Does Safe Look Like?

I am not sure I know what safe looks like today, but my childhood neighborhood was safe. In fact, Berkeley, California in the 1950s was…

Aug 21

What Does Safe Look Like?

Aug 21

Canceling Thursdays

That’s right. I’m canceling Thursdays. Of all the days of the week, Thursday reigns as the least necessary. It pales in comparison to…

Aug 15

Canceling Thursdays

Aug 15

How Do I Start Writing?

In response to dozens of letters we receive every day, we had no choice but to include this brand-new feature under our writing tree. In…

Aug 9

How Do I Start Writing?

Aug 9

How to Overcome Impatience

Author’s Note: THIS STORY IS COPY-PASTED FROM MY BLOG, published June 3, 2021.

Aug 4

How to Overcome Impatience

Aug 4

Kathryn Atkins

Kathryn Atkins

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Author, poet, business writer, pianist, flamenco dancer, altMBA grad, Berkeley MBA. I like yoga, reading, traveling, family, friends, and dogs.

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