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christina rivera (cogswell) // at the confluence of motherhood & oceans

travel mama tips

  • Tips for Travelling (alone) with a Baby (6-months). Including detailed packing list. 
  • Pro-Tips for Plane Travel with a Toddler (4-years)
  • (Family Gap Year Planned for 17-18, so check back!)
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I did not know you could drive THROUGH a rainbow. I did not know you could drive THROUGH a rainbow. Which seems as fine a moment as ever to announce: I won a Pushcart Prize?! Question mark for suspended-disbelief. In the meantime, sending my sloppiest gratitude to @terrain_org for nominating me, and to @kenyonreview for publishing the essay, “Two Breaths,” that won the prize (and yes, if you are nominated you are invited to submit up to three pieces published that year; Who knew?) and more sloppy love to all the people who left their marks (including paw & splash) in the margins of any of my writing/life, ever. When I got the news, I sat in the woods, cried, splashed my face in a spring creek, and recited your names like the mantra you all are. #pushcartprize
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Gobsmacked by this fun news! Thank you @johnburrou Gobsmacked by this fun news! Thank you @johnburroughsassociation for the recognition & award. Deep gratitude to my friends @terrain_org for the publication & nomination. And big hug and love to all the beautiful people who contributed to bringing this essay to existence @bklorenbooks @salish_sea_selkie @kate_moses_writes and my writing groups & literary besties! ❤️ ps. inadvertently dropped some early news in that press release link (in bio) 😉. #natureessay #johnburroughs #literaryaward
Nothing more magical than a 7-year old girl holdin Nothing more magical than a 7-year old girl holding a portal (and gifting it to her mother for her writing desk). ❤️
So, so, honored by both the #pushcartprize and #jo So, so, honored by both the #pushcartprize and #johnburroughs nature essay nominations from @terrain_org for 2023. Collaborating with the fine people over at Terrain.org was one of my favorite publishing experiences and if you aren’t part of that community yet, I highly recommend getting over there. All my heroes are congregating there and the reading & thinking is both essential and delightful. 😍
7 in dog years meets 7 in human years 😍😍 7 in dog years meets 7 in human years 😍😍
So impossible to pick only ten images from @lamuse So impossible to pick only ten images from @lamuseretreat . Even harder to pick ten memories! But this new novel I’m working on will forever be steeped in the flavors of a tiny and ancient French village hidden in the Montagne Noire. ♥️ 🌳 ps. Those flavors are: black coffee, French lavender, straw hats, fuzzy chestnuts, wool sweaters, long-haired kittens, best friends @k.homes , medieval stone walls, buttered baguettes, and purple lilacs between open red gates.
Pilgrimage has always been my jam. After 11 years Pilgrimage has always been my jam. After 11 years hauling motherhood bags full of #allthethings, tossing on a 14lb bag for two weeks is like slipping into WINGS. 🦋 Going with the kind of friend ( @k.homes ) with whom you don’t need a plan. But just a map and the whim to meet the path wherever it greets us. Pictured: — #Caminopackinglist — Caminos through France — Nepal trekking passes from our last pilgrimage one million years ago. — I never go anywhere without a @pimsleur language course first *I’ll be sharing Camino/Chemin images via stories as I quest to catalogue sensory details from my 1200 miles of previous #caminos! 🙏🏽 to my incredible husband ( @slade.o ) who said to the kids this weekend: “Let’s show mom how we can survive without her!” 😍
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