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Summer Skincare Advice from Someone Who Walked to School Uphill Both Ways in the Snow
Summer Skincare Advice from Someone Who Walked to School Uphill Both Ways in the Snow
A cautionary tale
Robin MS
Jun 28
A Master of English, or a Competent Illiterate?
A Master of English, or a Competent Illiterate?
There are the lessons in plain sight. And then there are those hidden gems in the most unexpected of places!
Swaroopa Gadgil
Jun 27
How I Am Overcoming My ADHD Diagnoses, Like A Toddler
How I Am Overcoming My ADHD Diagnoses, Like A Toddler
How I am managing my recent diagnosis of ADHD and taking notes
Nagoh Creative
Jun 27
Believing in Trump and His Greatness As a Candidate is Like Having One’s Brain Removed and Not…
Believing in Trump and His Greatness As a Candidate is Like Having One’s Brain Removed and Not…
What happens next?
Joe Luca
Jun 27
Ode to the Beatles, In Their Own Words
Ode to the Beatles, In Their Own Words
What, you think any of us can write better than John, Paul or George?
Carol Lennox
Jun 26
Five Art Quotes That Are Important to Me
Five Art Quotes That Are Important to Me
Things famous artists said about art or being an artist
Iban Van der Zeyp
Jun 26
Recently Boosted
Seven Years of Multiple Sclerosis
Seven Years of Multiple Sclerosis
How I live and how my disease has progressed
Leila Johnson
Jun 24
What Does It Mean to Act Your Age? Rethinking Maturity through a Neurodivergent Lens
What Does It Mean to Act Your Age? Rethinking Maturity through a Neurodivergent Lens
Not all qualities associated with immaturity are inherently negative
Eleni Stephanides
Jun 20
Alienation: Technology & the Soul, Part II
Alienation: Technology & the Soul, Part II
Like the God of the Bible, who repented that he had made man, we repent that we have made our technologies.
Connor O'Leary
Jun 20
The Dis-ease of Disease
The Dis-ease of Disease
Those of us with chronic pain struggle with constant stress
Randall H. Duckett
Jun 20
Alienation: Technology & the Soul, Part I
Alienation: Technology & the Soul, Part I
We are threatened, not by a sudden atomic conflagration, but a slow, ever-increasing poverty of soul
Connor O'Leary
Jun 14
Let Them Call You Crazy While You Prove Them Wrong
Let Them Call You Crazy While You Prove Them Wrong
Despite its dismissive nature, being called crazy may indicate you are doing something right
Michael Toby
Jun 10
The Pop-Up That Cost Her Everything: How Mom Fell Victim to a Scam
The Pop-Up That Cost Her Everything: How Mom Fell Victim to a Scam
A cautionary tale about scams and the vulnerability of our parents
Rodney Lacroix
Jun 10
How Pain Is Like Ice Cream
How Pain Is Like Ice Cream
Both are indescribable
Randall H. Duckett
Jun 6
Is That All There Is?
Is That All There Is?
A simple question provoked an existential crisis
Mindi Boston
Jun 4
Don’t Get Me Started on Knees: A Guide to the Aches, Pains, and General Grumpiness of Aging
Don’t Get Me Started on Knees: A Guide to the Aches, Pains, and General Grumpiness of Aging
One man’s reflection on the metamorphosis of aging and how this all could have gone so wrong
Rodney Lacroix
May 30
Haters Gonna Hate — Anne Lamott Says, Keep Loving Yourself and Love the Haters Anyway
Haters Gonna Hate — Anne Lamott Says, Keep Loving Yourself and Love the Haters Anyway
But do the haters have to hate so loudly?
Carol Lennox
May 23
The Art of Passing Down Family Recipes and Life Advice Simultaneously
The Art of Passing Down Family Recipes and Life Advice Simultaneously
Stirring the pot of family history via cooking lessons
Toni Crowe
May 15
From Pain to Purpose — Healing Childhood Traumas in the Heart of Motherhood
From Pain to Purpose — Healing Childhood Traumas in the Heart of Motherhood
A Mother’s Day Reflection-Transforming Generational Trauma into a Legacy of Love
Solanyi Ulloa
May 13
Sonder at the Bus Stop
Sonder at the Bus Stop
Everyone has a Story
The Black Yogini
May 3
Pushing Past the Stigma of Medication for Mental Health
Pushing Past the Stigma of Medication for Mental Health
Sometimes you just can’t reason your way out of major depression on your own
Eleni Stephanides
May 3
Eclipse
Eclipse
In totality
Rebecca A. Barrett
Apr 28
Scorched Earth
Scorched Earth
Desert Spirituality Is Life-Giving
Natalie Hanemann
Apr 24
Butterfly Effects — My Father’s Infidelity and Lessons in Tolerance, Love, and Trust
Butterfly Effects — My Father’s Infidelity and Lessons in Tolerance, Love, and Trust
Be mindful about your choices and how they can impact others
Michael Toby
Apr 19
Wahjí’gë:öje’
Wahjí’gë:öje’
This too shall pass
Susan Brearley
Apr 17
Hello Espresso, It’s Me Andy
Hello Espresso, It’s Me Andy
Enlightenment from a black frothy brew
Andrew Jaye
Apr 17
Treat Your Journal Badly!
Treat Your Journal Badly!
It’ll make you a much better journaler
Gary Chapin
Apr 14
Don’t Like The View? Paint a New One!
Don’t Like The View? Paint a New One!
The refreshing power of a new perspective
Varsha Raj
Apr 13
Can You Keep Up With Your Fake Face?
Can You Keep Up With Your Fake Face?
Ain’t nothing like the fake thing, baby
Amy Sea
Apr 11
Chalk It Up To A Good Time
Chalk It Up To A Good Time
A colorful afternoon of chalk dust and pixie dust that inspired
Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!
Apr 9
186 Days on the Pacific Crest Trail
186 Days on the Pacific Crest Trail
Sometimes, you cannot let it end
StartledEgg
Apr 5
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