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I Went to a Protest
The protest was in my neighborhood, a three-minute walk from where I live.
Jan 11
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This Isn't Working for Me
I said this to my friends at 10 pm on New Years Eve.
Jan 4
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No Escape (but that's okay)
Every year the day after Christmas, my family goes to an escape room.
Dec 28, 2025
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Off the Map
Oct 12, 2025
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Quiet Space
Oct 19, 2025
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Thirty-Four Things about Us
Aug 4, 2024
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When I Was Eight
Jul 14, 2024
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The Type of Person
Jan 5, 2025
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Beautiful Things
Dec 1, 2024
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On the Shortest Day of the Year
On the longest day of the year, we had a party, and randomly, everyone brought pink wine.
Dec 21, 2025
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Hurtling through the Holidays
…and my to-do list was spooling out in my head, all the million little things to do.
Dec 14, 2025
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Shoveling Out
It snowed hard one night, and in the morning, I had to dig my car out.
Dec 7, 2025
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Swimming in the Library
This week is my week to do the craft in the youth department.
Nov 30, 2025
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Breakthrough
I’m back to writing this week, a project that I’ve been working on for several years now, after setting it down and picking it back up multiple times.
Nov 23, 2025
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Bad Weather
The other day it snowed unexpectedly.
Nov 16, 2025
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Here Now
It was a long week and I ate too much leftover Halloween candy.
Nov 9, 2025
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In Between
It’s November and I don’t know how that happened.
Nov 2, 2025
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Things I Don't Know
I could fill a book with the things I don’t know.
Oct 26, 2025
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