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I had a wallet fly off the back of my motorcycle once. It exploded all over the highway behind me — my personal info scattered by wind over the New Mexico desert.
This newsletter is about being human. And the beautiful, ugly mess that comes with that.

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About dins

(I also go by Linsey sometimes)

One of those shape-shifting creative types. Sometimes a writer. Sometimes an artist. Sometimes a graphic designer. Sometimes many other things.

I write about the messiness of being human.

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