The Tender Surprise I Never Saw Coming
A small offer in a quiet kitchen cracked open a new, disarming dimension of tenderness. It started so casually…
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Abortion, Ignorance, and Hypocrisy: What This Year Is Already Serving
We are less than ten days into the new year and a little more than ten days out from the new Trump Administration. In my last post, I said I had no interest in analyzing the year we’d just experienced or making predictions for this next one. I stand by that.
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X Mutes Oregon Newspaper Endorsement of Kamala Harris
I’m a freelance journalist, living in Eugene, Oregon. I was in the midst of posting news on X about…
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Unfulfilled Promise: The Inspiring but Tragic Tale of President James Garfield
This essay is part of “(There is Nothing New) Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes demonstrating that…
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Meet the Enablers: How X Executives Support Musk-Trump’s Misinformation Machine
Much has been written about the role of Republicans in Congress enabling former president Donald Trump. Albert R. Hunt…
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Elon Musk’s Free Speech App Isn’t So Free: Why X Froze My Account and Banned Ken Klippenstein
Musk’s “free speech” app froze my account after it banned journalist Ken Klippenstein, doubling down on political censorship. Elon…
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Magnetic Forces: How I Found True Love and Was Branded By A Scarlet Letter At 63
I’m surprised to find myself, at sixty-three, new in town and branded with a scarlet letter: A for Affair….
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Love Out Of Bounds: On Motherhood, Madness & Creativity
My eyes are hot, then wet, my tears like someone else’s. I am writing my first novel, imagining the…
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The Long & The Short of It: On Marriage and a Crazy Big Height Difference
When my husband and I go out in public—daily, many times a day—we’re assailed with stares, bemused looks, as…
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Mother’s Day — A Tale Born of Loss
This post was originally posted on Medium and is generously provided with permission by the author. I embrace my…
