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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Songs About Cars - Steph Castor
“I want to be back in the van, where evil never would nor could nor should ever understand. Back in the van, it's anything, but their...
Feb 6, 20213 min read
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Death’s Footprint - Wendy Lukomski
I awaken as the sun emerges from the Santa Ynez mountains visible from where I lie, sleep-cleared of yesterday’s heavy grief, with only...
Jan 28, 20213 min read
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Aunt Emma - Angela Kidd
My Great Aunt Emma was already quite old when I was born. In my memory I think of her as being like Granny, the widowed owner of Tweety...
Jan 24, 20219 min read
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The Sensitive Geek - Marissa "Mazzer" D'Orazio
My first love was a TV trope. I was first exposed to the Sensitive Geek through Seth Cohen, a character from the The OC. He loved anime,...
Jan 23, 20217 min read
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Life Isn’t Fair - Zeel Patel
It’s not fair. The first time I remember saying this was when I was four years old and had gotten in trouble for an argument that was...
Jan 22, 20213 min read
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Trapped - Holly Malkasian
The metal equipment clanged against the walls as we climbed the steep staircase. Before we reached the door, the acrid smell hit us and I...
Jan 19, 202112 min read
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