Bailey Merlin
The 2022 Wrap
In the interest of full disclosure, I forgot that I’ve done a yearly wrap for many years. It’s strange to think that some of you have...
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Bailey Merlin
Bailey Merlin
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Honeymoon Bound
This winter has been hard. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this out of control, but it’s as exhausting as I remembered. The dry...
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Bailey Merlin
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
On Tarot
Each year, Salem, Massachusetts, puts on “Haunted Happenings” to celebrate Halloween all October. More than 500,000 people visit the...
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Bailey Merlin
- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Worry Buffet
This morning, after my alarm went off at half past six, I went back to sleep. Thirty extra minutes, just for me. When I woke up for real,...
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Bailey Merlin
- Oct 6, 2022
- 3 min
Leaning on Strengths
I work 40 hours a week at my desk job, at least 20 hours at school, and at least 20 hours as a tarot reader in Salem this October (I’d...
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Bailey Merlin
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
For The Sister I Got to Pick
Having a best friend is a gift. Having a lifelong best friend is a blessing straight from the heavens. Longtime readers of this blog, and...
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Bailey Merlin
- Aug 18, 2022
- 2 min
Time’s Arrow
I used to waste a lot of paper in notebooks—like, a lot of paper. Whole book butts were left blank, half a sheet of paper used, chunks...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jul 21, 2022
- 1 min
Checklist to Live By
As I prepare for an incredibly busy September, my anxiety has been creeping up…a lot. I mean, there’s a fine line between anxiety and...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Bodily Autonomy
In 2018, a doctor moved into the Bond House. As fiery Southerners, we had an immediate kinship. She had moved to Boston from New York to...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jun 3, 2022
- 4 min
In response to Gustavo Gutiérrez
“But the poor person does not exist as an inescapable fact of destiny. His or her existence is not politically neutral, and it is not...
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Bailey Merlin
- May 5, 2022
- 4 min
Examining Life
It’s easy to be happy online. You work to put together the filter, the caption, the hashtags, the everything, and the end product is this...
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Bailey Merlin
- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
The Loneliness Epidemic & Other Stories
When I moved to Boston in 2017, I wanted to be a clinical psychiatrist. After working as a therapeutic writing facilitator, I was so...
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Bailey Merlin
- Feb 17, 2022
- 3 min
A Therapeutic Retrospective
It’s been a few weeks since I ended a year-long habit of going to therapy on a regular basis. The last time I ended my session, it was...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jan 22, 2022
- 5 min
Down South, Days 5-10
Jackson Square and warm weather With your cayenne lips still burning, you drive up the interstate. Family far behind, it’s easier to be...
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Bailey Merlin
- Jan 8, 2022
- 6 min
Down South, Days 1-4
Going back to your Gulf Coast hometown after a long time is weird, a little uncomfortable, especially in the middle of a highly...
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Bailey Merlin
- Dec 17, 2021
- 3 min
The 2021 Wrap
Before writing my wraps, I always read the previous year’s publication. 2020 sucked, didn’t it? As some of you may feel like 2021 flew by...
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Bailey Merlin
- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
Montreal
La Fontaine Park on a crisp Sunday afternoon. Montreal is a very clean city. More than that, it is a very approachable city. Even though...
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Bailey Merlin
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Creative Accountability
After two straight months of no rest, I have at last arrived on the other side. All of my creative projects are still here, unfinished,...
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Bailey Merlin
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Twenty Years On
“Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.” Oscar Wilde Twenty years is a long time. It’s time enough to live a full...
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Bailey Merlin
- Sep 4, 2021
- 3 min
Another Year, Another Novel
This blog has seen a lot of me. More than that, it’s seen a lot of my work. Over the last four or five years, I’ve written hundreds of...
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