• Frequency of Home

    I know I sayI can’t go home again.It’s not because I don’t want to, it’s because I can’t.I don’t know wherehome is for me.Because the only placethat has ever felt like homeisn’t a place.It’s a person on the screen.It’s a person on the radio.So I can’t go backto somewhere I wasnever allowed to go.

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  • This is not a “you have to believe what I do and that’s the only right answer” place. So if you’re here because of a random tag, and you’re going to start an argument, see your way out. Okay, now that it’s the real ones here, hi. I’m so sorry to do this to you.…

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  • There is a specific kind of safety in a pseudonym. A quiet place to put the words where they can’t burn you. I spent a lifetime just wanting someone—anyone—to look my way and acknowledge the noise in my head, but I was always too afraid to attach my own face to the melody.Then the phone…

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  • Happy Birthday, Mama

    I don’t know what having a mom feels like, but I imagine it would feel like listening to you. On the screen, or behind the lyrics, you bring me that kind of peace. The sense of safety most grew up with, but I didn’t. Today is your birthday, and while I’ll never be able to…

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  • The Geography of Home: 1,800 Miles to a Wave

    A paralegal’s 1,800-mile journey from the cornfields of Iowa to a studio in LA. A raw, poetic exploration of finding ‘home’ in a voice that raised you, a 28th birthday reclaimed, and the silent wave that changed everything. Written by Elizabeth Ardelle.

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  • They say that logic is the map, but intuition is the journey. For a long time, I’ve kept my creative world—my “Elizabeth Ardelle” world—neatly tucked inside the lines. But tonight, the lines are softening. I’m introducing a new series here on Lyrical Logic called The Haze Chronicles. In my daily life, I deal in the…

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  • Blue Irises: A Dark Allegory  on Childhood Trauma & Survival

    A dark, modern fairy tale exploring the heavy gravity of childhood trauma, dissociation, and the spaces we build in our minds to survive emotional abuse.

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  • The Math of Moving On

    Healing isn’t linear. Three years post-divorce, the waves of grief still hit. An honest look at depression, therapy, and why I’m done apologizing for the bad days.”

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  • A Speck of Sand

    A Speck of Sand by Elizabeth Ardelle – original country music style single cover featuring a woman standing on a dirt road next to a Redwood tree.

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  • Blue vs. Red Napkins

    Another portion from the project I’m working on. It feels a little close for comfort, which means my nervous system is doing it’s job: healing. Saturday morning was usually a quiet affair for Cheryl Miller. She would sip her coffee in the sun room with the paper and just lounge. It was her necessary decompression…

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