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Stephanie Nikolopoulos is a writer, editor, writing teacher, and speaker based in New York City.
She is the author with Paul Maher Jr. of "Burning Furiously Beautiful: The True Story of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road.'"
She's also currently working on a memoir about growing up Greek American.
You can email her at stephanie_701 {@} yahoo.com
I love making lists! Is that a weird thing to love? Well, here are 10 more weird things I love:
1. The smell of gasoline ::: The smell of adventure!
2. Fog ::: Nature being all mysterious
3. Static on the radio ::: The sound of a teenaged youth before the digital age
4. Doilies ::: So uncool in today's modern, Scandi aesthetic, but they remind me of my yiayia
5. Junk mail ::: I know it's better for the environment, but I miss perusing physical catalogues
6. Dirt ::: Why is it treated so different from sand? It's so much better than sand!
7. Solo travel ::: I enjoy traveling with others, but there's something so exhilarating and profound about discovering things on one's own
8. Laugh tracks ::: Sometimes they're the best part of the show!
9. Wrinkles ::: Society seems to think wrinkles are bad, but I love how wrinkles add character
10. Semicolons ::: No one seems to know how to use them correctly, and they seem so archaic.
What weird things do you love that most people don't? Post them below or tag me in your own list! :::
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Someone stole a van Gogh painting recently from a Dutch museum. Here's my story of how art got stolen from the Met over on my column "A Byte Out of the Big Apple" on Thomas Insights. It involves Frank Sinatra and Homeland Security! Copy & paste:::
https://bit.ly/2UCjwGz :::
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New month, new goals! One of the things that's been keeping me motivated through the pandemic is writing articles to help businesses and workers. It's felt so good to offer tips and resources and to encourage others. An amazing byproduct of this is that it's actually encouraged me to get back into my own creative projects, which I'd put aside for the past few months. Yes, months. Life has been busy! I'm eager now to hunker down and pick up some of my projects. Here are a few of my goals for this month:::: 📚 Proofread the poetry chapbook for my writers group 📚 Type up and submit the literary travel article I wrote by hand a few months ago and stuffed in a drawer somewhere 📚 Write a new chapter in my book-in-progress 📚 Read a new book 📚 What are your goals for April? :::
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I've held it together pretty well during the pandemic, even though it's meant that my family who had flown to the States to visit me in NYC for the first time in almost seven years had to cancel their trip, but last Thursday night when I stood at my window clapping for all the selfless essential workers who are keeping this great city functioning I broke down weeping. The past few months have been an intense time full of significant change, some joyous and some devastating, and I've been going, going, going. I didn't realize how much I'd been holding in. I imagine you all are holding a lot in too.... I am thankful for all the essential workers. I know too that many people have lost their jobs. Many are now working full-time while suddenly homeschooling and running daycare full-time. Many have had to put off or cancel plans they were looking forward to. Many are lonely. Many are scared. Many have to be strong for those around them. I hope we all squeeze in a little time for ourselves and for our loved ones, that we take care of our mind, body, and spirit, that we give ourselves a round of applause and daily show gratitude to those around us. We each have the opportunity to bring Light into this world.
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I keep seeing people post about how the media is fear-mongering and how everyone on social media should be posting positive, hopeful news. Sorry not sorry, but I wish people were more afraid. If you've been reading my posts for a while now, you know I am a firm believer in positivity and encouragement and hope. I still believe those things. I believe that out of the ashes comes beautiful rebirth. I believe this will pass. I believe that most people will not die from this. I believe that there is much to be grateful for even amidst trials and that being positive can improve our overall health. But here's the thing: there are people walking past my building all the time. I hear people socializing in the streets. They need a little more truth and fear put into them so they take this social distancing seriously so we can flatten the curve and move on from this safely and efficiently. Because you know what else I hear all the time outside my window? Sirens. They're literally building field hospitals steps from my apartment in Central Park. More people have died from COVID-19 in America than on the fateful day of September 11, 2001. Stay home. Please. Believe that there is Hope through this, but stay home believing it to practice loving others. :::
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A jalopy in Taos. What roads had she traveled? What stories were shared over the hum of the radio as the sun beat down and the eagle circles overhead? I look forward to getting back on the road soon. I dream of blue skies and mountains and endless roads. I dream of the American Southwest. :::
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Twitter Updates
- Someone stole a #VanGogh painting recently from a Dutch museum. Here's my story of how art got stolen from the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 22 hours ago
- RT @anthonymamore: In Wake Of Van Gogh Theft, Expert Says ‘I’m Concerned For All Museums Right Now’ forbes.com/sites/bardenpr… 23 hours ago
- #JohnKeats is one of my favorite #poets twitter.com/bopinion/statu… 23 hours ago
- RT @bopinion: Introverts in quarantine are thus less likely than extroverts to feel deflated, isolated or bored, and more likely to be ener… 23 hours ago
- RT @GovMurphy: We have 3,649 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing our total to 22,255. • Atlantic: 40 • Bergen: 3,494 • Burlington: 255 •… 23 hours ago
