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Silver Copper Lead is a reference to the mountain mining towns where I grew up, to the alpine places, the childhood bereavement, and the intergenerational trauma that shaped who I am.

I’m writing a memoir about it now. Writing is hard. Really hard. Follow along via this newsletter as I figure it all out. There will be thoughtfulness. Hopefully some good laughs. And most likely some profanity.


Callie Neylan is a designer, mother, writer, and curious human living in Seattle, Washington. Her writing as been published on NPR.org, AIGA.org, Grist.org and in ARCADE, Seattle’s premier architecture and design magazine. If you like my writing, support my creative work by buying me a coffee.

Writing collections also on Medium and at Nineteenthirtyfour.org.

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