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  • Saying Goodbye at Indelible Ink

    Saying Goodbye at Indelible Ink

    This is hard, but it’s time.
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    Ramona Grigg
    Sep 30, 2021
    Nineteen Months of Living in My Dream Place

    Nineteen Months of Living in My Dream Place

    How this magical place changed me
    Go to the profile of Aman Arora
    Aman Arora
    Sep 24, 2021
    Letter to Myself in Mourning

    Letter to Myself in Mourning

    What grief was like when my mother died
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    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Sep 23, 2021
    Waiting For The Day To Tell The World About My Mental Illness

    Waiting For The Day To Tell The World About My Mental Illness

    And lift the weight of guilt and shame off my shoulders
    Go to the profile of Aman Arora
    Aman Arora
    Sep 17, 2021
    In the Keweenaw With the Ghosts of My Ancestors.

    In the Keweenaw With the Ghosts of My Ancestors.

    My birthplace defines me. This pilgrimage reminds me.
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    Ramona Grigg
    Sep 15, 2021
    The Lessons I Learned When Mourning

    The Lessons I Learned When Mourning

    Weeping may endure
    Go to the profile of Aabye-Gayle F.
    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Sep 9, 2021
    Waiting For The Moon

    Waiting For The Moon

    To me the moon is magical. Hopeful. I very much need her in my life right now.
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    Clare Z Young
    Sep 3, 2021
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    Karen Kasaba
    Aug 26, 2021

    Kon Tiki

    At night, a legion of creatures came alive in the thatch of our roof, rustling and calling out to each other, like the effects track of a…
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    Chris A Raymond
    Aug 26, 2021

    A vintage cup and saucer with gilt edges and a red polka dot pattern.

    Before my Mom was a mother

    She had her own dreams

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    Peculiar Julia
    Aug 18, 2021

    Go Chase

    A mosaic fairytale for my father

    The giant

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    3 responses
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    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Aug 12, 2021

    A Black woman and her grandchild stand together on a ferry with the Statue of Liberty in the distance. Circa 1983.

    The Last Time I Saw My Grandmother, Part 3

    Sometimes hello also means goodbye

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    Nayanika Saikia
    Aug 10, 2021

    A Remembering in the Streets of Guwahati

    On my re-discovery of the city

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    2 responses
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    SMACKINCOHEN
    Jul 31, 2021

    “I’m Fine.”

    I needed to let her cry. I had nothing left.

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    4 responses
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    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Jul 30, 2021

    A window whose frame is broken.

    Home, Sweet Home

    Letter to a place I love

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    1 response
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    Aman Arora
    Jul 28, 2021

    Milky Way galaxy, Jupiter, Saturn in one shot

    Photography

    My View on Photography And How it Changed

    Capturing pictures for posterity…

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    2 responses
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    Nayanika Saikia
    Jul 21, 2021

    A Solace For My Soul

    A tribute to Shillong, Meghalaya

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    1 response
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    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Jul 15, 2021

    A young, Black girl circa 1983 in a summer dress with two big, red ribbons in her hair.

    Sweat Memories

    Remembering the hot summer days of my childhood

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    1 response
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    Eliza Lita
    Jul 12, 2021

    Coral-coloured roses in a garden.

    On War, Hardship, and Rose Donuts

    My Romanian great grandmother finds beauty and joy after a lifetime…

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    Nayanika Saikia
    Jul 6, 2021

    I Ruined Myself Thinking You’d Love Me Enough For The Both Of Us

    Because for the longest time, I could not bear to love myself

    (This article is a sequel to — Making A Game Out Of Love: A comparison of all my lovers)

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    Nayanika Saikia
    Jul 2, 2021

    Making a Game Out of Love

    A comparison of all my lovers

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    2 responses
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    Barry Knister
    Jun 25, 2021

    A Shoutout to The Young Parents Who Spawned The Death of Happy Hour

    I know it’s futile, dear, but I…

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    2 responses
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    Ramona Grigg
    Jun 23, 2021

    Meshach, That Other Guy, and Abednego

    What’s it all about?

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    3 responses
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    Alecia Kennedy
    Jun 19, 2021

    Father’s Day for Men Who Don’t Want to Be Fathers

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    4 responses
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    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Jun 18, 2021

    My Sense of Smell Is Nostalgic

    Certain aromas remind me of my grandparents

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    5 responses
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    Nayanika Saikia
    Jun 16, 2021

    Our Love/Hate Relationship

    And how we still go on

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    1 response
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    Ramona Grigg
    Jun 4, 2021

    Journals Are For Whining

    And for all those other thoughts you wouldn’t want published.

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    4 responses
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    SMACKINCOHEN
    Jun 4, 2021

    I Gave My Child The Strength To Fly.

    But if he flies too close to the sun, I can only watch.

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