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  • The Tyranny of Useless Rules

    The Tyranny of Useless Rules

    Seriously, who makes this stuff up?
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    Alecia Kennedy
    Jan 21
    Lessons on Letting Go

    Lessons on Letting Go

    Surviving Change & Loss
    Go to the profile of Aabye-Gayle F.
    Aabye-Gayle F.
    Jan 17
    Echoes from the Past: Trauma, Hope, and Jacket Potatoes

    Echoes from the Past: Trauma, Hope, and Jacket Potatoes

    Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy took control of my body, but not my promise for the future
    Go to the profile of Jonathan M Saucedo
    Jonathan M Saucedo
    Jan 15
    God is Great, Beer is Good and People are Stupid

    God is Great, Beer is Good and People are Stupid

    My life’s philosophy
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    Brenda Mahler
    Jan 13
    One Nation, Worlds Apart

    One Nation, Worlds Apart

    Here in the high desert of New Mexico, Washington has never felt more distant
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    Karie Luidens
    Jan 8
    The Price of Being a Piddler in a Goal-Oriented World

    The Price of Being a Piddler in a Goal-Oriented World

    I can’t help it — I’ve always been this way.
    Go to the profile of Alecia Kennedy
    Alecia Kennedy
    Jan 5
    You Didn’t Really Make a New Year’s Resolution.

    You Didn’t Really Make a New Year’s Resolution.

    Did you?
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    Ramona Grigg
    Jan 2
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    Alecia Kennedy
    Dec 30, 2020

    I Know How This All Turns Out

    A strategy for letting go

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    1 response
    Go to the profile of Ramona Grigg
    Ramona Grigg
    Dec 15, 2020

    Love, Light, and Atheism

    We’re not the doomed or the damned, we just don’t believe in your gods.

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    6 responses
    Go to the profile of Ramona Grigg
    Ramona Grigg
    Dec 7, 2020

    In Defense of Daydreaming

    Leave science out of it

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    4 responses
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    Ramona Grigg
    Dec 1, 2020

    Don’t Ask Me To Forgive Trump Voters

    You’re asking too much while they’re doing too little

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    5 responses
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    Mary DeVries
    Nov 27, 2020

    How I Lost my Child on the Great Wall of China

    Nothing tops the adrenalin rush of searching for a…

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    1 response
    Go to the profile of Alecia Kennedy
    Alecia Kennedy
    Nov 21, 2020

    I’m Gonna Make it Through This Year if it Kills Me

    A stream of consciousness monologue

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    1 response
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    Karie Luidens
    Nov 20, 2020

    The Scent of Thanksgiving

    Finding gratitude when we’re apart this holiday season

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    Sean Myers
    Nov 18, 2020

    I Monitored the Polls in Pennsylvania and Left Feeling Empty

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    Go to the profile of Ramona Grigg
    Ramona Grigg
    Nov 15, 2020

    Rhythm and Flow: How Three Famous Writers Use It To Draw You In

    And what you can learn from each of…

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    5 responses
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    Amber Fraley
    Nov 14, 2020

    I’m a White Lady Who’s Been Radicalized

    And I’m not going back

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    Go to the profile of Ramona Grigg
    Ramona Grigg
    Nov 13, 2020

    We Have A New President

    But the nightmare isn’t over

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    3 responses
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    Karie Luidens
    Nov 11, 2020

    The Neighborhood Trumpkin

    Clinging to rot is, frankly, embarrassing — but most signs point to better…

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    5 responses
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    Joanne Bamberger
    Nov 10, 2020

    I Wasn’t Expecting a Coup

    But it appears that Trump & his crew are plotting just that

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    Go to the profile of Mary DeVries
    Mary DeVries
    Nov 9, 2020

    Advice for the Democratic Party from Someone Who Grew up in a Big Family

    Lavishing love and…

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    1 response
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    Janina Lamb
    Nov 5, 2020

    Post-Election Jitters

    I had the jitters before the election, and I still have the jitters.

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    Stephanie Tolk
    Nov 5, 2020

    Within a Whisker: What the 2020 Presidential Election Teaches Our Children About How to Treat Others

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    2 responses
    Go to the profile of Roz Warren
    Roz Warren
    Nov 4, 2020

    I’m Feeling the Same Sense of Panic and Dread That You Are Today

    And It’s My Birthday!

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    35 responses
    Go to the profile of Ramona Grigg
    Ramona Grigg
    Nov 3, 2020

    Today Is The Day

    Are we citizens in charge? This Election will tell.

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    3 responses
    Go to the profile of Joanne Bamberger
    Joanne Bamberger
    Nov 2, 2020

    I Thought I’d Stay in America if Joe Biden Wins

    But with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, it’s…

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    1 response
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    Eileen Vorbach Collins
    Nov 1, 2020

    Almost Nothing

    Covid Covid Covid

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    1 response
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