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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

Nov 19, 2024

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

Nov 19, 2024

Treat Yourself to a Retreat!

It’s January. That is an excellent month for a retreat. You’re starting the year off by honoring your inner self. What’s better than that?

21h ago

Treat Yourself to a Retreat!

21h ago

MEMORIZING CAN MEASURE OUR LOSS LEVELS

Quick. What is 36 divided by 9?

Dec 20, 2024

Robot figure holding a brain in their right hand.

Dec 20, 2024

4 ACRONYMS to CHALLENGE OUR THINKING

WIIFM — What’s In It For Me?

Nov 14, 2024

4 ACRONYMS to CHALLENGE OUR THINKING

Nov 14, 2024

A Race Track with No Racing, Just Horses

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2024 BY Kathryn Atkins

Nov 11, 2024

A Race Track with No Racing, Just Horses

Nov 11, 2024

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, 2024

Why $60 Is Not a Lot for Halloween Candy

Nov 6, 2024

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, 2024

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

Oct 11, 2024

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, 2024

STUCK?

Oct 9, 2024

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, 2024

What Does Safe Look Like?

Aug 21, 2024

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, 2024

Canceling Thursdays

Aug 15, 2024

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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