The Bloom | nature, power, curiosity

Growing a Sweet Potato 🍠 : The Hidden Work of Water💧

A grocery store sweet potato became an unexpected lesson in patience, hidden growth, and why water quietly shapes more of our lives than we realize.

Jul 9 • JM Blooms

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June 2026

Revisions ✏️ & a moment with Elizabeth Bishop

One of my favorite poets is Elizabeth Bishop and one of my favorite poems of hers is North Haven which she wrote to her friend (and fellow poet) Robert…

Jun 4 • JM Blooms

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April 2026

Dear Reader - A Letter from 2012

I pulled out my 2012 paper calendar to research my thriller. Found Bar Method, Occupy Wall Street, Soul Cycle, and a $20 cookie bribe. This is the city…

Apr 29 • JM Blooms

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💦 Water is Running Out--

But We Still Act Like It Isn't

Apr 4 • JM Blooms

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January 2026

Hornets, Death, and the Perfect Trap 🐝

Thriller research takes me from backyard hornets to Swedish inheritance law trap...

Jan 9 • JM Blooms

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December 2025

Dear Reader 📚 31,000 words written in Q4!

Worked in finance for 18 years, and I still think of a year in quarters...

Dec 21, 2025 • JM Blooms

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October 2025

Musings: Karin Slaughter's Pretty Girls & We Are All Guilty Here

What I learned from reading with a writer’s eye...

Oct 6, 2025 • JM Blooms

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September 2025

Dear Reader - Today, my yoga teacher asked about my writing style

As my yoga teacher put a pillowcase on my bolster, he asked me about my writing style. Without much time to think, I said, “I lean heavily on a solid…

Sep 20, 2025 • JM Blooms

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