It's Like This

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“It’s not as cut and dry as you think it is, OK?”
Nov 15
Read to Me
On books & literacy & words that stay still
Oct 19
Waiting Game
May the odds be ever in your favor
Jun 29
On Fixing and Fretting
and finding equanimity
May 31
My Post-Election Gratitude Practice
They say you can combat negative thoughts and anxiety by cultivating gratitude, so here goes…
Nov 14, 2024
50. Stump Speech
Advocating for Care
Sep 3, 2024
48. Tough Love
“Now I’ve been hangin’ around you for days But when I lean in, you just turn your head away… …I always have to steal my kisses from you Always have to…
Jun 11, 2024
47. Sweet Talk
My son came into my office early one morning and stood behind me at my desk, spinning his beads over my head. I swiveled around in my desk chair, placed…
May 31, 2024
46. Well Met
A wish for inclusion
May 14, 2024
If You Were Here...#13
Post Card #13
Mar 30, 2024
42. Small Words
A final note for 2023 -- In this space, I try to find the words to explain what it’s like. It can seem like such a tiny thing, really. Nothing to add to…
Dec 28, 2023
40. House Rules
A poem about something “ordinary”
Oct 24, 2023
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