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How to Prepare - Natassja Norwood
How to Prepare... For this recipe the following ingredients you will need will be: 1.5 cups of pent up anger 2.5 ounces of generational...
Apr 20, 20213 min read


The Way He Looked at Me - Susan Dugan
I fell in love with the way he looked at me. Aretha Franklin playing on the radio that day driving home nailed it—Respect! An expression...
Apr 10, 20213 min read


A Beautiful Friendship - Jenny Leon
Through the thin walls, I thought I could hear our doctor say, “I’m sorry, Lizzie. Your counts are too low to be treated today.” It was...
Apr 6, 20216 min read


The Value of Pie - Marijean Oldham
I was 37 years old when my son left for college, creating a hole in my life. On a whim, I bought a book called Pie. Week after week, I...
Apr 2, 20213 min read


Angel - Leslie Hinson
ANGEL: an essay in two distinct parts, written five years apart 1. In the summer of 2002, I saw what I believed to be my first angel. I...
Mar 30, 202110 min read


Windows - Claire Cronin
It’s time to go home. Not because I want to, but because Susie’s family is ready for their dinner. I put on my snowsuit and wrap the...
Mar 23, 202115 min read


Building Eden - Traci Musick-Shaffer
We build our Eden—plank by plank, stone by stone—plotting, designing, hammering, lifting, digging, and planting our private, peaceful...
Mar 12, 202110 min read


The End of Unrequitedness - Catherine Vance
Be truly joyful, like one who, though his house has burned down, feels a deep need in the soul to begin building anew. – Martin Buber The...
Mar 9, 202110 min read


Finding Peace in the Desert - Erin Wilby
*Photo credit: Erin Wilby On a crisp, sunny morning in March, my sister and I laced up our hiking boots and set out for the trail through...
Feb 23, 20215 min read


Ghosts of Devastation - Sarah Mohler
My past selves still speak to me sometimes, asking me to remember them and their struggles and what they have done or failed to do to get...
Feb 16, 202112 min read


Cartography: A Tour of Heartbreak - Jami Williams
I lay out the cork pieces, a timeline of reception, a forced exercise in the art of exorcise. The cork is the opposite of self; I will...
Feb 14, 20215 min read


Tradesies - Kelsey Lawson-Rogers
I got my first period in late 2002 or early 2003. It was around then too that I had a second set of braces removed, shed my childish Keds...
Feb 8, 202116 min read
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