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Gradually expanding my newsletter, The Glimmering, based on the idea that glimmers are the opposite of triggers, to Substack. Join me there! 🥰 This one on self-regulation in these highly “triggering” times. open.substack.com/pub/alexkach... #authorsky

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Make it a practice, like morning coffee! ☕️ ✅ 😎

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Perfect pairing. #halftime

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When the Dictionary has entered the chat. 💥

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A fortifying quote from one of my favorite banned books, The Catcher in the Rye, with a fun drawing I found to go with it. #booksky

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Dad was famous for his legs and wore short shorts into his old age. I hope you’ll find In the Garden Behind the Moon to not only be a captivating family portrait, though, but an urgent call to awaken to the magic and wonder of daily life. Available in all the places! #booksky

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Three books I just happen to be reading right now and enjoying tremendously, but because it is February and Black History Month, I thought I would share them here. Read diversely all year long! #booksky

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Now and every month.

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Dad read Frog and Toad to me, I read it to my kids, my son read it back to Dad on his deathbed (here, laughing b/c the wind has snatched Frog’s to do list and he can’t chase it b/c that’s not on the list. But today, I’m thinking about the other picture. 😕 #resist #booksky

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Hear hear.

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10 years of art “therapy” in 7 seconds. You’ll find most of these in my book, In the Garden Behind the Moon: A Memoir of Loss, Myth, and Magic, which is printed in full color. #booksky

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My thoughts upon seeing Quakers have entered the chat and are suing That Man for “interfering with their ability to hear and receive messages from god.” On the grounds of religious freedom 💥.

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Here’s one thing I did: I made my ACLU donations monthly. And have saved this list curated by Jess Craven of the top 10 VERY VETTED places to make your donation dollars matter: tinyurl.com/givesmart24

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I’m in on keeping this place alternative-fact-free.

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Shameful. You know one story that didn’t make it into In the Garden Behind the Moon? That time Dad, having been turned away from the Air Force on racial grounds, met a Tuskegee Airman in India, took a spin with him, & wrote to Washington wanting to join the Tuskegee Airmen…continued below.

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I’m publishing back-issues of The Glimmering on Substack. New sends will also start showing up there. 🤓Glimmers are the opposite of triggers and can light the way home. This one’s on The Golden Ratio & why we tell stories. Come check it out! And subscribe! It’s free! substack.com/@alexkachan/...

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Thank you, Katy, I am so thrilled that it moved you. Thanks for reading and you beautiful review. 🥹

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My father & last parent died in 2016, followed by the 1st election of That Man. I entered a personal dark night of the soul & wrote my way out. Now did I want my book to be so GOTdamn relevant today? No, but here we are! If you’re feeling lost, this is one that might light the way home. #booksky

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I’m writing my historical fiction WIP taking place in a boardinghouse in Savannah, 1908-1911, using Campfire for Writers, and oh man, I am loving it. It is a delight for drafting and keeping track of characters, drama points, word counts, image inspiration, etc. 10/10 would recommend! #authorsky

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A tv spot on Savannah’s No. 1 morning news show, Morning Break, w/ Tim Guerida, about In the Garden Behind the Moon, & how the Old Chan Magic photo exhibit at the Davenport House Museum came to be. I’m so happy to be sharing my fam & my book w/ the world. www.wtoc.com/2025/01/16/d... #booksky

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Please check to make sure you are not involuntarily following The White House, POTUS, Donald Trump, VP JD Vance, and Flotus. Check all platforms. I blocked them all and today found myself following them all again. Blocked again. Keep checking, folks.

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Introduce yourself with One book One film One album One show #booksky

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Looks interesting… 🤔

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Yes. Starting tomorrow. The “shock and awe(ful)” is by design. Step 1 in the resistance. Don’t live in their imaginations. Be the master of where my own attention goes.

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🪧 🆙 for The Glimmering. we’ll be talking about the gift of liminal time. That scary and uncomfortable space between who you (or we, collectively) used to be, and who we are growing to become. 🥹 link in bio, friends. #Authorsky

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Still feeling out how this place works. I confess I’m kinda lost. How do you find people? I don’t know what my feed is doing. I’m not discerning patterns. Idk. Maybe my brain is mush because I’m in a total freeze state, & a defensive crouch for the fire hose of doom and malfeasance coming at us.

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Intentional disconnection, yes. 🎯 The Universe is asking me to stop asking why this happened or when it will end, but instead, “How can I do this better?” And I really must find the answer because I know for sure I can’t do it again like last time.

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Started this absolute menace of a day with a joyful MLK Day parade in Savannah. That joy could not outlast the next several hours of new killing blows. Glad I re-found Gurdeep of the Yukon over here just in time to save bedtime.

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From @colearthurriley.bsky.social today.

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My Camellia & Cricket painting was a perfect pick for the Davenport House Museum’s new focus on “Chinese roots, Southern branches.” BUT! Did you know I’ve never seen a camellia IRL before? 👀 I found some here a couple of days ago and had to do the side by side comparison. #authorsky

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Any others fully creeped out by that eastern block totalitarian sh*t that just went down with TT rising from the dead after 13 hours? A servile stunt of political theater that has given me the ick, in staggering proportions. #booksky

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My family & my book are having a moment down here in Savannah, GA with the opening of the Old Chan Magic exhibit at the Historic Kennedy Pharmacy (home of my grandpa’s first laundry, ca. 1890s-1900. Also had a packed house for the book talk the next night. My cup runneth over 🥹. #Booksky Jan-May!!🤩

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