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Catching Up | Sydney Atwood
We used to walk along the beach at sunset, our hands sticky from selling overpriced lemonade and our cheeks burnt from applying small...
Jun 8, 20244 min read
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Pumpkin Bread | Wendy Palmer
There’s a loaf of pumpkin bread in my husband’s backpack but the backpack’s gone and so is he. A quick walk around the the block he said,...
May 18, 20244 min read
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A Storytelling | Hannah Love
I look up and see a crow, a shiny and scrawny thing, swaying from the powerline above us. It tips its weight forward as if to nosedive...
Apr 11, 20242 min read
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Self-Portrait in the Time of Disaster | Federico Escobar
By noon I am done. I take the picture to her, up the stairs, past the living room, through the sleeping alligators, and she shakes her...
Mar 12, 20242 min read
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Nocturne | Zoë Mertz
You are in your bedroom and the lights are low, the lamps casting golden crescents across the creamy white sheets. You never wanted white...
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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For the Love of the Game | Shawna Hopp
The grass was wet with rain. The air was crisp and chilled. The bleachers were empty. The dome lights were off. Only the crickets made...
Nov 22, 20234 min read
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In a World Painted in Shades of Gray - Miesha Lowery
In a world cast in muted tones, a love story emerged, equally heart-wrenching and captivating. Isabella and Alexandra, their names etched...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Care for the Caregiver - Erika Mukherjee
You just have to take care of yourself. I know it’s hard. But you’ll get through it. Do this. Do that. It was all too much. The onslaught...
Oct 14, 20233 min read
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Sometimes I Shrivel Up at Night - Kathleen McGuire
I’ve been having trouble sleeping for a long time. Last night I looked over at the empty bed and I thought I saw Bailey’s shape. The...
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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Mojave - Kat Lee
The desert is full of death, but not really. I drive through the Mojave, along I-15, and wonder if the blacktop is hot enough to pop my...
Aug 6, 20233 min read
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The Secrets We Don’t Keep - Christina Brown
Marianne pulled off the duvet, surprised the girl’s heady scent of lavender remained in her husband’s bed. She had prepared herself for...
Jul 17, 20234 min read
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Jane - Michele Alouf
When I was seven, my mother took me to the grand opening of the Piggly Wiggly, the first grocery store in our town with automatic sliding...
Jun 30, 20232 min read
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