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Feb
06

Scattered, vol. 6

* It’s been a hard week. * We said goodbye to our dog, Cooper, on Monday. Today, I learned that my
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Jan
29
All We Can Do

All We Can Do

(CW: animal mortality) There’s no good way to say this. My dog is dying. On some level, we’ve
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Jan
22
Smoldering

Smoldering

Yes, I did cry during the inauguration, which I hadn’t planned on watching. I did watch it, though, and
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Jan
09
Necessary But Not Sufficient

Necessary But Not Sufficient

It’s been a hell of a week, hasn’t it? It’s scary enough, of course, to watch a
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Jan
01
Scattered, vol. 5

Scattered, vol. 5

New Year's 2021 Edition * Last night, J asked me, “Can you believe it’s already New Year’s
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Dec
25
50 Things That Mattered To Me In 2020

50 Things That Mattered To Me In 2020

Today is, among other things, the last Friday of the year. It is my habit to take the end of
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Dec
18
Acceptance

Acceptance

There’s a thing that people say sometimes about writing as a way of finding out what you’re thinking
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Dec
11
The Party of Stasis

The Party of Stasis

In a few days, I and several of my colleagues will be meeting with our Congressman for the first time
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Dec
04
Irrevocability

Irrevocability

On the night of my youngest’s sixth birthday, when the house was quiet and everyone else was asleep, I
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Nov
27
Not If, But When

Not If, But When

I roasted a turkey last night for the first time in my life. It turned out much better than was
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