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Thelma Bowlen
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Nov 11, 2021

Eleven Mondays in NYC

It was love at first sight. We met four years ago and I was undone. It was winter and her streets were slippery and muddy from snow, ice, buses, and humans. It was dreary and beautiful. Her buildings and lights made my heart race the way a boy I like…

NYC

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NYC

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Feb 4, 2018

We are on a break

I’ve been off Facebook since the beginning of January and off Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest since the third week of January. It’s equal parts self-imposed banishment and spiritual fast with my church, The Belonging Co in Nashville. Our church does an annual Daniel Fast at the start of each year…

Faith

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We are on a break
We are on a break
Faith

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Dec 31, 2017

10 Questions for the New Year

1. What was your favorite single day/single event of the year? — Seeing U2 in concert in Indianapolis with Lawson. And hanging out with my daughter at the Southern Festival of Books.

Life Lessons

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10 Questions for the New Year
10 Questions for the New Year
Life Lessons

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Jun 23, 2017

Like a Monet

My phone made me cry as I looked through old messages. I was cleaning out my Inbox. Keep, delete, delete, delete, keep, keep. I chanced upon a message that had been sitting unnoticed and buried past the bottom of my screen. I didn’t remember who it was from but I…

Dogs

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Like a Monet
Like a Monet
Dogs

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May 30, 2017

Romanticizing Rice

The hardest part about being homeless is not having my own space. I’m not living on the streets but I’m in a temporary living situation in my daughter’s guest room. I’m not standing at an intersection carrying a backpack. …

Food

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Romanticizing Rice
Romanticizing Rice
Food

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Thelma Bowlen

Thelma Bowlen

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Technology trainer by day, sleep nerd by night, grandma and writer on my days off. #GeekyGrandma

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