Sometimes Chickens Die
We lost another chicken this week. That's five in three years (including one that died of natural causes and one that I, yes, brought to...
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- Sep 13, 2019
- 2 min
Fucking Hooray!
"Fuck politeness," "You're in a cult. Call your dad." and "Stay sexy, don't get murdered." These are a few of my favorite phrases from a...
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- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Good Enough
Since my mom fell down the stairs and sustained a traumatic brain injury six years ago, she's become quick to succumb to emotion, often...
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- Aug 30, 2019
- 3 min
August POetry POstcard Fest!
For all the gripes I have about Facebook's business practices and privacy issues, it occasionally does something useful, like alert me to...
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- Aug 19, 2019
- 6 min
Lessons from Prison
I was in a prison this morning. It was for the Children's Literacy Foundation, where I work. We have a program called Children of Prison...
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- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
I feel guilty all the time. Guilty that I only work part-time, guilty while my husband mows the lawn and I just read and take an...
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- Aug 9, 2019
- 5 min
Find Your Happy Place
We'd only been dating a few weeks when Dylan, my now-husband, and I made plans for later in the week. As soon as I had hung up, he called...
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- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min
The Benefits of Being Bored
I've been trying to slow down this summer, smell the roses, so to speak. On a recent two-week vacation in Greece I didn't use the...
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- Jul 27, 2019
- 3 min
How to Fall in Love Again in Greece
"That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it." -Maggie Nelson, Bluets I thought of this quote often as I...
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- Jun 28, 2019
- 5 min
Unplugging
I check my phone approximately 57,000 times a day, for no particular reason. God forbid I don't respond to a text or email right away or...
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- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
You're Doing Everything Right
Yesterday I went to the Bennington Writing Seminars' 48th commencement ceremony (the program is celebrating 25 years) to watch my friends...
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- Jun 20, 2019
- 3 min
At the End of the World
There's a view on the Bennington College campus of the Green Mountains and the Bennington Monument (of similar design to the Washington...
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- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
Get That Side Hustle
We live in a gig economy, where many are forced to piece together a living with multiple jobs, often low-paying. I have friends who...
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- Jun 7, 2019
- 2 min
You Are What You Read
Books can be mirrors and windows, that is, reflections of our own experiences and insight into experiences that differ from our own....
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- May 30, 2019
- 5 min
Writing Through the Hard Stuff
When my mother fell down the stairs and sustained a traumatic brain injury six years ago, there was a lot I didn't know. If she'd make a...
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- May 24, 2019
- 4 min
The Need for Community
I live in a small town in rural Vermont. Most of my friends live an hour or more away, so I don't see them as much as I'd like. I work in...
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- May 17, 2019
- 1 min
The Waiting Game
I am not a patient person. This seems ironic, given the careers I've chosen. First, as a paralegal at an immigration law firm, I had to...
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- May 10, 2019
- 3 min
Feelin' the Post-Grad Funk
It's that time of year again; graduates everywhere are celebrating their accomplishments and looking forward to what's next. It's a time...
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- May 3, 2019
- 3 min
Why We Need Art in the Age of Trump
We need art more than ever right now. Trump is trying to build walls and tear families apart. His administration and party are actively...
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- Apr 26, 2019
- 2 min
Artists are the hardest-working people I know.
What does work look like in the digital age? Work doesn't just mean a 9-5 anymore. It can happen anywhere with the touch of a phone or an...
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