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December 2024

‘The Mighty Rio Grande’: Song #11 from the Boundless soundtrack
What is home? A mighty river runs through my city, reminding me not where I belong, but how I already belong. In BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Hearing’: Song #10 from the Boundless soundtrack
To chart the next chapter of your life, listen. In BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I learn that the path to rejuvenation is that simple: Listen…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Beautiful Baby, Beautiful Child’: Song #9 from the Boundless soundtrack
You can do the True Self no harm. Know that there is great power in walking into the next phase of life with this knowledge embedded in you ahead of…
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Carolyn Flynn
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‘New Slang’: Song #8 from the Boundless soundtrack
Let yourself chafe. Let yourself be feral. This is how you change everything. In BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I take a cue from ABQ indie band…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Hero’: Song #7 from the Boundless soundtrack
In BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I have to learn that part of emptying the nest is letting your child become the hero of his own life. Enjoy…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘The Yawning Grave’: Song #6 from the Boundless soundtrack
In BOUNDLESS, I consider the path to rejuvenation means a circuit back through a time in life when you asked your most existential questions. Or, why…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Saturn’: Song #5 from the Boundless soundtrack
Merry Christmas to all of you! I offer a meditation on the awe of our existence and an invitation to hear the bells. From BOUNDLESS, my newly published…
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Divenire’: Song #4 from the Boundless soundtrack + Two BONUS tracks!
In BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I start paying hard attention to what it means to become your next self.
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Carolyn Flynn
‘Lonesome Dreams’: Song #3 from the Boundless soundtrack
To kick off BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I offer you a song about being an old star. What is it becoming? An invitation to ask yourself what…
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Carolyn Flynn
'We Move Lightly': Song #1 from the Boundless soundtrack
To kick off 12 days of songs from BOUNDLESS, my newly published memoir, I offer you a song that dances like sunlight on the water.
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Carolyn Flynn
Solstice Child
In honor of the publication of my memoir, Boundless, today, I offer you a contemplation on Winter Solstice. With a little homage to Rainer Maria Rilke…
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Carolyn Flynn
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