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An Able Helper

by Ansley Kelly | Feb 3, 2024 | Placeless

I think about my bleeding control kit. I remind myself to radio base when I’ve arrived on scene.

The Secret Park

by Christina Ribbens | Feb 2, 2024 | Placeless

I thought this was an incredible feature of the park, although a one-star review on Google Maps from 2018 disagrees.

Bad Movie Club

by Sam Tuit | Feb 1, 2024 | Placeless

Have you ever seen The VelociPastor?

I Hate American Literature

by Jessi Dykstra | Jan 31, 2024 | Placeless

When I was told my first teaching job was going to be teaching American literature, I swear I could hear someone snickering from up in the clouds.

The Spiritual Discipline of Staying

by Griffin Jackson | Jan 30, 2024 | Chicago

But there is something biblical and beautiful about commitment to community that is not quickly discarded when a promotion lures or a warmer climate beckons.

Good and Mad

by Bart Tocci | Jan 29, 2024 | Massachusetts

There was another dad in the group, but he’s gone back to work. Poor guy, couldn’t hack it.

The Summer of 2006

by Jon Gorter | Jan 28, 2024 | Grand Rapids

I was preparing for my career in professional soccer, where I would soon have enough money to buy all the windows one could ever need.

The Key Tenets of a Good Murder

by Anna Jeffries | Jan 27, 2024 | Placeless

If someone is so foolish as to discuss grudges and murders in whispering galleries or by open windows, it serves them right to be snooped upon.

I Think I Might Be Obsessed with Fourth Wing

by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2024 | Placeless

Misery loves company and I love misery.

Eden at Three Months

by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Jan 25, 2024 | Massachusetts

She chases her tail methodically, in a neat, measured, business-like circle, like a tiny site inspector

‘I Don’t Love You Anymore’: A Goodbye

by Joshua Polanski | Jan 24, 2024 | Placeless

Marek’s uncareful camera is the main vessel for a cinematic conversation around consent.

Nelson Sullivan, I Wish You Could’ve Seen 2015

by Mitchell Barbee | Jan 23, 2024 | Placeless

There are no high stakes, no trying absurd menu items, no rushing.

Confronting Life with an Orange Cat

by Kate DeHaan | Jan 22, 2024 | Placeless

All I could do was cry as this small orange cat decided that I was trustworthy.

That Jellyfish Gets More Lives Than Me?

by Emily Joy Stroble | Jan 21, 2024 | Placeless

Imagine if we cloned ourselves as a normal part of middle school and each of our clones, identical to us in every way, went off to live independent lives.

This Year, I Really Ruined Christmas

by Parker Yeo | Jan 20, 2024 | Egypt

I think I could be sixty years old, getting ready for retirement, and still not feel fully like the adult of the house.

A Fool’s Guide to Secret Santa

by Hannah McNulty | Jan 19, 2024 | Placeless

(It will turn out, just not until the party has already begun.)

My Wife Got Hit by a Car

by Isaac DeBoer | Jan 18, 2024 | Grand Rapids

One report said, “Pedestrian vs. car, with significant damage to car.”

The Definitive and Fully Objective View on ‘Pride and Prejudice’

by Carlisle Patete | Jan 17, 2024 | Placeless

I can’t get away with finishing this review without addressing the damp Colin Firth scene.

When You Butcher a Musical

by Tiffany Kajiwara | Jan 16, 2024 | Placeless

It feels like the team working on this musical doesn’t believe anyone wants to go to a musical

Remember

by Courtney Zonnefeld | Jan 15, 2024 | Placeless

The conversation turns from hopes to fears to hilarity and back again. We have known each other for years, and yet our words are new.

The Criminals I’ve Met

by Noah Keene | Jan 14, 2024 | Grand Rapids

There are two types of people who rub me the wrong way: people who can’t take a hint, and people who talk to hear their own voice. Thomas Antonio Inglewood was both.