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Message in Our Bodies
The backs of my hands spoke to unheeding audience. At first, phantom itch below my knuckles: How long will you hope in silence? “Nothing’s perfect,” I…
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You Say Tomato, I Say Apple
Tap into your inner nine-year-old. Ride the current of your mind. Imagine the consciousness of objects. Gather for a Zoom co-create session on Jan 21 at…
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One Man's Repot Lot
I’ve just turned the kettle on for tea when a knock sounds on the van’s side barn doors. I tense for an unpleasant exchange. The pandemic has changed…
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Solitude & Community on the Road & on the Page
Out on the road, especially during the early years of COVID, solitude was an unexpected gift. I learned the names of birds and plants, named a few…
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YOUR TURN. Tell Us Something without Saying It
Two Peas I tried not to gaze too adoringly as we carved. But she’d chosen Jack Skellington! And she carved him freehand with an artist’s ease, laughter…
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YOUR TURN. What Have You Lost?
A ring, a painting, a car, and a family are among the things that might be lost to the precariousness of youth in today’s list story. There is also…
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YOUR TURN: What Are You Making?
My daughter is the artist among us. Not a painter, though, she’s quick to point out. Still, I want her guidance. I aspire to her aesthetic wisdo…
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YOUR TURN. What Do You Want? And What Do You Call Your Rides?
Meet Jimmy, the Leprechaun, and Bikey, three of Ruby van Jangles’s predecessors, in today’s list story. The prompt. What are some vehicles you’ve named…
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What's blooming?
1st Saturday Photos from Wherever We're Rolling
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