Archive for May 2021
Curiosity Challenge — 2021
I’ve mentioned in a recent blog post that I’d been experiencing some heightened anxiety. Nothing too intense but enough to make me wish it would just go away! I also mentioned, though, how important it is to sit with all of our feelings, no matter how uncomfortable that makes us. Pushing them away—or trying to—often…
Read MoreAll Ablaze – About Place Journal: Geographies of Justice
Did it hurt? I ask David and Crystal, three and two, who were three and two twenty-four years ago and will be three and two forever. “Eiman Ejelat, 31, the mother of the two dead children, David, 3, and Crystal, 2, said she had had no disagreements with Ms. Valcarel, who rented the ground-floor apartment…
Read MoreSeven Things You May Want to Know about Banyons – Minnow Literary Magazine
Seven Things You May Want to Know About Banyans Diane Gottlieb 1. Banyan trees, or Ficus benghalensis, if you want to get technical, are remarkable beings of grace. They’re the largest of the ficus genus and native to India, where they hold the honor of national tree. They can also be found in South Florida.…
Read MoreDead Man’s Float – Longridge Review
I couldn’t bear to lose the race, but I couldn’t bear to win. I was 10. Summer at sleepaway camp, I stood by the pool. My toes curled tight against the lip, the concrete hot on my feet, the flesh on my thighs glued together. There was no diamond-shaped space between them, the space thinner…
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