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<p>Now I am changing, becoming something else<br>A creature of longing, tending only to myself</p>
<p>Perfume and Milk<br>Florence &amp; the Machine</p>
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        <div class="message"><p>This week, the final episode of <a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/make-like-a-mother-podcast">Make Like a Mother</a> is out, featuring my conversation with Trish Dryden and Janita Wiersma - two people I could listen to talk for days. We had this chat live in front of an…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7799685/time-to-let-things-percolate">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>I had all my usual intentions to sit down and write today, and alas, it is 9:20pm and my best laid plans and I are sitting here giving each other the side-eye. Summer has arrived at my house this week…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7794496/the-day-got-away-from-me">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>I have secretly always wanted to dance. When I was five I told my mom I wanted to try figure skating. She suggested I try hockey instead. No shade to my mom, because hockey is still a massive passion of…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7789621/in-pursuit-of-joyful-abandon">Read more</a></span></div>
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        <div class="message"><p>I am singing in a vocal group again after several years’ hiatus. God, I missed it. Plainville United scratches that itch really well, but we only have one or two shows per year and don’t meet regularly otherwise. This new…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="https://shannonlintonmusic.com/joy-just-because/blog/7782172/offering-up-what-we-can">Read more</a></span></div>
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