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What Worked and What Didn't in 2025

Plus, 5 (random) favorite things from this year!

Dec 27, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Costco-Sized Tub of Peanut M&Ms

Everything is fine!

Dec 22, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Loyalty in Three Acts

loy·al·ty /ˈloi(ə)ltē/

Nov 17, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Mirror Mirror On The Wall

A True Fairytale

Sep 25, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Defining Word: Friction

Fric·tion | ˈfrikSHən | a form of resistance that slows things down

Aug 11, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Welcome to my writing playground! Admission is free!

writing & creativity

In Defense of Portfolio Work

Why you should (sometimes) work for free

Aug 29, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Creating for the Algorithm is Not Sustainable

AKA: teaching my kids what "mission over metrics" *actually* means

Jul 28, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

On Staying Open to the World

A creative posture for your summer

Jun 5, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Introducing: Embracing Mystery

A Guide for Memory-Keepers

May 7, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

17 Ways to Stop Being a Writer

It's easier than you think!

Feb 28, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Recent posts

Loyalty in Three Acts

loy·al·ty /ˈloi(ə)ltē/

Nov 17, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

15 Things I Don't Do

October 2025 Link Round-Up

Oct 29, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Mirror Mirror On The Wall

A True Fairytale

Sep 25, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Recommendations

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COFFEE + CRUMBS

COFFEE + CRUMBS

Coffee + Crumbs

Planting Season

Planting Season

Stacy Bronec

link round-ups

15 Things I Don't Do

October 2025 Link Round-Up

Oct 29, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Touching Humanity

September 2025 Link Round-Up

Sep 18, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

Too Many Apps; Too Little Time

August 2025 Link Round-Up

Aug 19, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

On Zinnias and Creative Fingerprints

June 2025 Link Round-Up

Jun 17, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

A Little Bit Young; A Little Bit Old

March 2025 Link Roundup

Mar 31, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

faith

Defining Word: Friction

Fric·tion | ˈfrikSHən | a form of resistance that slows things down

Aug 11, 2025 • Ashlee Gadd

on extravagance, our trip to Italy, and being gobsmacked in the best possible way

Aug 1, 2024 • Ashlee Gadd

how I fell in love with yoga

May 23, 2024 • Ashlee Gadd

A Beacon of Hope

so many metaphors, so little time

Sep 8, 2023 • Ashlee Gadd

Waiting On Bread and A Whisper

lessons on discipline, rest, and the creative seesaw

Jul 11, 2023 • Ashlee Gadd

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