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Sunday 5
I’m doing this two-part, online training on how to show up for my immigrant neighbors with SURJ.
23 hrs ago
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'Sometimes teaching is embodying a boundary'
5 questions for writer and disability justice visionary Rebekah Taussig
Jan 14
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Sunday 5
I really appreciated W. Kamau Bell’s post on the murder of Renee Nicole Good.
Jan 11
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It takes a village to love an elder
I am sitting on the little bed as my dad lies on it, his shrinking body kind of curled around me.
Jan 7
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Sunday 5
Stuff I took in over the break:
Jan 4
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December 2025
It's my birthday!
It’s my birthday dear readers!
Dec 31, 2025
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Sunday 5
I appreciated this Literary Hub Best of 2025 List of Lists. I have so much reading to catch up on! I just read The Book of Kin: On Absence, Love, and…
Dec 28, 2025
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End-of-Year Reflection Questions - 2025 edition
It’s that time of year again, so grab a journal and a pen, or a partner and a drink, or a whole crew of friends and a potluck, and mull over where…
Dec 24, 2025
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Sunday 5
I can’t wait to read Wolf Bells after reading this interview. Thanks Matriarchy Report!
Dec 21, 2025
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Top posts of the year and more
One of my intentions, sometimes realized, sometimes not, is to fully metabolize my life, meaning, I try to honor the “endings.” When I publish a…
Dec 17, 2025
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Sunday 5
Curious what my very playful, wildly ambitious artist of a husband is up to?
Dec 14, 2025
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Ghosts and angels in the nursery
Hi friends, my kids’ teachers are on strike so it will be a short dispatch this week.
Dec 10, 2025
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