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My Country 'Tis of Three: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Enneagram
It’s a little embarassing to admit a Broadway musical is foundational to my understanding of U.S. history.
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Turning FOMO into JOMO
Somehow over the last 18 months, I stopped using social media.
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A matter of perspective on elections and other things
In which I begrudgingly acknowledge the election might not be as important as I thought
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When you need a mask to be brave
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When you refuse to punch down for cheap laughs
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On judging other people
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All I did was sew a button onto a piece of paper
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When shame loosens its grip
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When you can't un-see the patterns
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Letting go with bravery and grace — lessons from a linen chest
The teakwood chest at the house where I grew up in Pennsylvania always felt a bit magical, despite its prosaic use for storing table linens.
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All I did was sew a button onto a piece of paper
On envy and the creative life
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What does it mean to have a voice?
There is something about singing, particularly in community, that touches a nerve. When I get emotional at these times it is usually when I am also at a…
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The best of me and the rest of me: Prayer for a New Year
Dear Lord, Creator, divine Spirit of What Is, let me take the best of me into the coming year. I almost added, “and leave the rest behind,” but that’s…
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Finding queerness, Britney Spears, the Bad Art Friend, and superyachts in the classics
If the Gatsby characters were alive today, I’m pretty sure the Buchanans would own a superyacht, where the rich go to escape — the paparazzi, their…
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Three lessons from a Kindness Warrior
Eleanor came into my life at just the right time.
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The friendly place where everyone owns a gun
Why I bought a raffle ticket for an AR-15
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