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Super Hag
and the quest for invisible wisdom
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19
October 2023
Autumn’s Meditation Interrupted
my children have ruined October
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9
Love Letters
for friends who share words
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20
Expiration of the Fittest
our daily bread is our miracle
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7
Mythmaking
for my mother
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2
September 2023
Grief, Once Removed
Late Winter You’ll find out it’s terminal on your birthday, the stomach aches your husband’s father has been having since Christmas. You hug your…
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5
My Sister’s House
a love story in the South Downs
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3
Run Away
a lesson in not vanishing
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6
Moth Matters
dispatch from the socio-economically slipped
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4
August 2023
On Being Late and Lying
and the effects of marriage
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10
A History of Violence in Color
there’s no place like home, except—
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A Case for Preserving
where briars scratched and wet grass bleached our boots
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3
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