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Eleanor Vincent

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My goal is to create stories that engage, move, and uplift readers. I want my protagonists to stumble and overcome against all odds to be ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. As it turns out, life has dealt me a few of those.

I am the author of two books, Disconnected: Portrait of a Neurodiverse Marriage and Swimming with Maya: A Mother’s Story. Both books are memoirs, and both are ultimately about love and loss.

Disconnected, my most recent book, is a fierce, funny, and compassionate look at my late-in-life marriage to a man on the autism spectrum and the heartbreak of its end. It is a 2025 Eric Hoffer Award finalist for memoir.

My other book, Swimming with Maya: A Mother’s Story, describes the death of my 19-year-old dau
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The Year of the Yang Fire Horse

A new lunar year dawned with the new moon on February 17. The Chinese Year of the Yang Fire Horse brings a “wildfire energy” that can lead to dramatic changes and potential breakthroughs.

“If ever there was a year to be bold, this is it,” according to Gaela Morrison, artist and feng shui consultant.

The last Fire Horse year was 1966. The Vietnam War was escalating. The civil rights movement was at a

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