My Pickleball Addiction Has All But Crushed My Creative Pursuits

I have little time now for painting, writing, or knitting

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I sit in my white velour bathrobe sipping black coffee in the chair designated as mine in the living room, my reading tablet on my lap, my knitting across from me on the coffee table, my watercolor paper taped to the drawing board in my studio awaiting paint, myriad ideas for personal essays or…