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DEATH AND TEXAS
What does it mean to become friends with death? To live in places that are a little bit scary and inhospitable and to find within them joy, meaning and…
Apr 15, 2022
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Emily Pendrey
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NO FLESH, ALL SEEDS
When the fruits of our labor result in little satisfaction
Nov 7, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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AMIDST THE RUBBLE
Finding hope where we are told there is none
Aug 12, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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ADVANCE CARE PLANNING FOR THE YOUNG & INVINCIBLE
How to get your affairs in order when death is mostly theoretical
Jun 20, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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MORE THAN FRIENDS
When do we stop being friends and start being something else?
Jun 6, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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CHEERS TO THREE YEARS
Reflecting on three years of Death and Texas
Apr 15, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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MYSTERIOUS AND IMPORTANT
Who gets to decide a life is worth living?
Mar 25, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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DECOMPOSITION, DARLING
It takes longer than you think
Mar 13, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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ON BECOMING A LESBIAN SECULAR NUN
Choosing a life of service outside the boundaries of conventional vocations
Feb 22, 2025
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Emily Pendrey
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IN MARY OLIVER WE TRUST
The people (and their words) who have shaped my professional sense of self
Nov 27, 2024
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Emily Pendrey
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THE UTILITY OF HOPE
Hope is a multi-tool and we are the handymen
Nov 15, 2024
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Emily Pendrey
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THE THUNDER ROLLS
On letting grief drown out the noise
Nov 8, 2024
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Emily Pendrey
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THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE WE KNOW
Is it true that death workers are preternaturally cheerful?
Nov 1, 2024
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Emily Pendrey
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LIVING IN PARALLEL
When possibilities are just out of reach
Oct 11, 2024
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Emily Pendrey
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