More Beautiful Than Necessary

I am a woman

This is the ice cream test and it reveals what kind of woman I am.

Jul 24 • Tresta Payne

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Summer Shorts Vol. 4: I am sometimes horrible

500 words of confession

Jul 17 • Tresta Payne

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Summer Shorts Vol. 3: 500 Words from My New Book

Is this where it all began?

Jul 10 • Tresta Payne

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Summer Shorts Vol. 2: How to Pay Attention

Leave early. Make connections. Spend all your time. Stand back.

Jul 3 • Tresta Payne

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June 2026

Summer Shorts Vol. 1: Stickers and Boomers

Writing shorter doesn't equal writing easier but I gotta do something

Jun 25 • Tresta Payne

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Bring the pizza. Buy the book.

Learning to listen to myself/God.

Jun 12 • Tresta Payne

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May 2026

A note about why writers hate AI

For readers who maybe don't understand all the hullabaloo

May 25 • Tresta Payne

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I want to tell you my wonders

and I also want to tell you about my book ; )

May 2 • Tresta Payne

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April 2026

Do You Trust God?

“Woe to the one who argues with his Maker.” Isaiah 45.9

Apr 21 • Tresta Payne

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All the beautiful things I want to do

Borrowing from friends

Apr 11 • Tresta Payne

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A Hundred Ways to Tell the Story

You have told His story a hundred different ways and I hope you keep trying.

Apr 4 • Tresta Payne

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March 2026

Contentment, Felicity, and Tiny Vacations

Finding a "fuller harvest of satisfactions"

Mar 20 • Tresta Payne

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