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Sunday 5
I took my girls to a high school musical performance of Chicago this week. While the content may have been a little dicey for small children, it was…
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The unexpected magic of caring for others
5 questions for writer, curator and care evangelist Elissa Strauss
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Viva Italia and other on brand vibes
Hey friends, I’m back after a couple of weeks off and, boy oh boy, did I live a lot of life. Here’s one pic from the trip that feels like it sums up the…
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Could gratitude be healing for democracy?
It’s been so fun to watch the spread of Garrett Bucks’ book The Right Kind of White and all the conversations it is inspiring since it launched last…
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Sunday 5
Have you listened to Beyonce’s new album yet? The future me that is scheduling this post right now has it perpetually playing in my ears. Have you read…
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Who are you?
Hey Examined Family, I was just doing some bookkeeping and I thought you’d be as jazzed as I was that in 2023, we donated to the following organizations…
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March 2024

Sunday 5
This profile of writer Viet Thanh Nguyen was so moving. This part, in particular, blew me away: “Quoting Susan Sontag, he said victims want to feel…
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Forgetting and becoming
a reflection on the unknowability of everyone we love
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Sunday 5
*You all were so generous about my poem Wednesday. Thank you so much for supporting my sometimes oddball expressions. It means so much to me.* Five…
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Preposterous
I am weeding in the garden trying to resist all the unearned metaphors while the sweet men turn the compost. My daughter asks for rolly pollies with a…
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Sunday 5
Michelle Alexander on revolutionary love is what we need in this moment of bloodshed and anxiety. Of MLK’s Vietnam War opposition, quite unpopular at…
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The religion of being in love vs. the religion of being right
5 questions for author and organizer Garrett Bucks
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