Maybe It’s Enough
Reading Time: 8 minutes When I was little, adults often got caught out when they asked the all-too-common question, “what grade are you in?” I was educated at home by my parents until I was 9 years-old and only started …
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Grief Sucks Part II: The Heave-Sob
Reading Time: 4 minutes ***DISCLAIMER/TRIGGER WARNING*** The “Grief Sucks” series is an ongoing response to my experience of a recent loss. As such, it may contain things that could serve as triggers for people who have also experienced loss. …
Words that Move Me: David W. Jardine & Cougar
Reading Time: 5 minutes Excerpts from “The Surroundings” by David W. Jardine in Under the Tough Old Stars: Ecopedagogical Essays, 2000: V A sweet friend took a group of people up into the Rocky Mountains, and sat them in …
Grief Sucks Part I: The Grief Grammar of “Parents”
Reading Time: 3 minutes ***DISCLAIMER/TRIGGER WARNING*** The “Grief Sucks” series is an ongoing response to my experience of a recent loss. As such, it may contain things that could serve as triggers for people who have also experienced loss. …
Words that Move Me: a little ani
Reading Time: 5 minutes ani difranco came into my world when I was a teenager through my now oldest friend whose love of music has long helped to define my own. When ani first started to share herself with …