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May
01

#MatteredToMe - May 1, 2020: Two Poetry Collections

Hello, everyone. It's later than usual for my weekly list, but that's okay. It's
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Apr
24

#MatteredToMe - April 24, 2020: Short Cuts, Wonderful!, Little Fires Everywhere

Hello, it's Friday. Here are some things that mattered to me recently: 1. There's a segment
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Apr
20

Paying Attention

For weeks now, I've been meaning to write a thing about entitlement and anger and the virus, and
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Apr
17

#MatteredToMe - April 17, 2020: Space and Time, Responsibility and Reckoning

Hello all. It's Friday again. Here are some things that mattered to me recently: 1. It seems to
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Apr
10

#MatteredToMe - April 10, 2020: Meal Planning, Lean Economics, and Twitter Joy

Hello, everyone. It's Friday. Here are some things that mattered to me recently: 1. I have often found
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Apr
03

#MatteredToMe - April 3, 2020: History, Cheer, Mending, and Surprise Joy

Hello, everyone. It's Friday. Here are some things that mattered to me recently: 1. Danny Ghitis posted a
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Mar
27

#MatteredToMe - March 27, 2020: Quiet Beauty, Grief, and Hope

1. Clint Smith's poem "When people say, “we have made it through worse before”" articulates something
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Mar
22

Crisis, Emotion, and Intention

Depending on where you live, we're about a week or so into our period of isolation and social
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Mar
20

#MatteredToMe - March 20, 2020: Gorge, The Two Princes, Tranquillusionist

Many of you already know this, I imagine, but every Friday that I can manage, I post a little list
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Mar
10

Podcasts If You're Stuck at Home and Need Something to Listen to

It occurred to me this morning that in the near future—or perhaps already—some people may find themselves stuck
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