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Kim Bentz

Kim Bentz

Wil Wheaton wrote a sad and wonderful piece called “This is what gaslighting looks like.”

My gaslighted was a prominent pediatrician in our town. Nearly every ailment I had he claimed was “all in my head” or that I was being…

Dec 4, 2021

Dec 4, 2021

Kim Bentz

Leaving the Puddles

I’m trying to explain to a friend how I feel about the difference between the Orthodox Church and the Protestant churches I was raised in…

Jan 25, 2017

Jan 25, 2017

Kim Bentz

Becoming Orthodox.

It’s the title of a book by Peter Gillquist, certainly, but for this “convert”, it is an expression I use all the time. In many ways it…

Jan 4, 2017

Jan 4, 2017

Kim Bentz

Partings

I came to her one last time before the long drive west. I needed to visit her, to talk to her, to tell her I was going. I had a cough and…

Aug 31, 2016

Aug 31, 2016

Kim Bentz

A Pebble or a Tree

Once you get over the idea that you are somehow irreplaceable, it becomes easier to leave a place — in theory, at least. This notion that I…

Aug 4, 2016

Aug 4, 2016

Kim Bentz

Onward

The next class starts on Monday, four days after I undergo sinus surgery, the description of which overflows the pre-op surgery checklist…

Jul 27, 2016

Jul 27, 2016

Kim Bentz

Mute With Horror

I am highly aware of my white-ness today. I don’t often think a lot about race, as I grew up in a very mixed neighborhood, and for a long…

Jul 9, 2016

Jul 9, 2016

Kim Bentz

Join us for our 46th Annual Family Reunion

The invitation read:

May 19, 2016

May 19, 2016

Kim Bentz

Another Time

It was my birthday. 1978. The gifts were on top of the baby grand piano. I believe there were four gifts, but I had eyes for only one. I…

Apr 12, 2016

Apr 12, 2016

Kim Bentz

Big Hair, and Other Things

Do you ever wonder whether Attention Deficit Disorder isn’t actually a name for what happens to some people when they don’t get enough…oh…

Apr 11, 2016

Apr 11, 2016

Kim Bentz

Kim Bentz

Writer, Blogger, Photographer, Speaker. Love travel, beauty, words, books, and people. Dream trips: Antarctica, Patagonia, Sweden, Kenya, Mongolia, Turkey…

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