Stories by Danielle Hayden : Contently

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61 projects for 20 clients

`seattleite`

Local Artist Carrie Schmitt Releases Book Celebrating 10 Years of Creativity

Wrote about artist and author Carrie Schmitt: her new book, her spiritual approach to painting, and why she self-identifies as a "color activist."

I get to talk to a lot of interesting people thanks to freelancing but she is definitely one of the most fascinating.

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`seattleite`

Hsiao-Ching Chou is back with a new cookbook, this time sans meat

Part review, part interview about Hsiao-Ching Chou's new vegetarian cookbook.

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`Ampersand Magazine`

A Landscape Shaped by Human Hands

A brief overview of the oak prairie ecosystem

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`parboild.com`

Unraveled

Something I wrote up in a few hours about my tangled jewelry for a friend's website. This piece is not polished but that is the point of the site; to put up our work that is raw and has not been revised and edited and second-guessed to death.

My pseudonym on the site is Vetro. Those are not my hands (obviously), but the other image containing the necklaces is actually mine. Those are some of the ones I successfully set free.

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`dailyinspiredlife.com`

1,000 Days of Kneeling

Every day for 2.5 years I named five things I'm grateful for and prayed for five people. No repeats allowed, believe it or not. I write about that experience here.

Originally published on Medium.

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`blog.paperblanks.com`

Reminisce & Recommence

I've kept a journal off and on for over 20 years. I wrote about this for Paperblanks, a company that makes beautiful journals (and other things) and are always coming out with new designs throughout the year. The blog they operate is called Endpaper.

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`Yes Magazine`

How Birth Doulas Are Helping Parents Navigate Coronavirus

My first reported piece. I was approached by YES! Magazine to write this story, exploring the ways that people, with an added focus on people of color, may be affected by COVID-19 in the context of pregnancy and childbirth.