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The Punisher
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Feb 10, 2021 | Placeless
Smashing a guitar on SNL is the most Phoebe Bridgers action possible.
Reckless
by Gwyneth Findlay | Feb 9, 2021 | Scotland
I am resigned to spending my entire allotment of time for recklessness trapped within the confines of a single city.
“That Place is to the West of Us Still”
by Josh Parks | Feb 8, 2021 | Scotland
Despite the islanders’ departure, the islands of St. Kilda are still there, still beautiful, still alive.
Why Am I Teaching Romeo & Juliet?
by Susannah Boersma | Feb 7, 2021 | Placeless
Yet the saddest part is that in their obsession with each other, Romeo and Juliet are constantly oblivious to the people around them who love them so incredibly much.
Mark as Read
by Alex Johnson | Feb 5, 2021 | Placeless
I’ve always wanted to know what other people are reading and discovering and mulling over and delighting in.
We have Always Been the Future, Pt. 2
by Comfort Sampong | Feb 4, 2021 | Placeless
This newfound freedom is not packaged individually; it is meant to be shared.
The Urgent Reality of Heaven
by Ansley Kelly | Feb 3, 2021 | Placeless
If all of creation is spinning towards destruction, why does anything matter at all?
Some Memories from the (Previous) Inauguration
by Cotter Koopman | Feb 2, 2021 | Washington, D.C.
He described how eventually, sometimes you simply have to be a team player.
The Heresy of American Exceptionalism
by Katerina Parsons | Feb 1, 2021 | Washington, D.C.
“This isn’t who we are” rings false in a country that has yet to fully wrestle with its original sins of colonization and slavery and its ongoing sins of racism and imperialism.
An Ancient Wound
by Kellan Day | Jan 31, 2021 | Placeless
This year, it’s too obvious that we’re all going to die.
My Cyclical Running Journey
by Julia McKee | Jan 30, 2021 | Placeless
The only thing that would cause me to run 13.1 miles without being chased was the fact that I was surrounded by others running 13.1 miles without being chased.
How It Started … How It’s Going
by Emily Jensen | Jan 29, 2021 | Placeless
I’ve thrown my thoughts of this wedding turning out the way we planned into a relentless downward spiral.
At Some Point, We Have to Talk About Love
by Jon Gorter | Jan 28, 2021 | Georgia
The mantra for dealing with predators is summarized succinctly by the three S’s: shoot, shovel, and shut up.
On Being a Chef with an Eating Disorder
by Anna Jeffries | Jan 27, 2021 | Placeless
No one wants to say “Hey, my relationship with food is deeply broken!”
The Tremendous Samaritan
by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2021 | Placeless
You would rather die than have some people pity you.
Leave Women Alone: Some Opinions on Pregnancy
by Katie Van Zanen | Jan 25, 2021 | Placeless
If you’re really interested in other people having babies, you could channel your energies into advocating for affordable childcare.
In Defense of Brutalism
by Joshua Polanski | Jan 24, 2021 | Massachusetts
Brutalism just deserves some sympathy.
Noise
by Alex Westenbroek | Jan 23, 2021 | Placeless
In the silence of isolation, the noise has never been louder.
Remembering New England
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Jan 22, 2021 | Massachusetts
I felt like I was leaving a piece of my soul in Boston, in Orchard House, in the bookstores, in the North Bridge Inn in Concord.
President Biden and the Egg Carton
by Emily Joy Stroble | Jan 21, 2021 | Placeless
The invention of the egg carton is one of those delightful historical tidbits that almost begs to be symbolic.
We Are Not Special
by Chad Westra | Jan 20, 2021 | Placeless
I humbly suggest that we cease being ignorant optimists and start being realistically hopeful.
Woods Withdrawal
by Lillie Spackman | Jan 19, 2021 | Placeless
Being outside makes me a better person. I can’t explain it.
Parable of the Sower
by Ben DeVries | Jan 18, 2021 | Placeless
People are storied, first, before they are instructed.
Pennywise, Trump, and a Small Town Girl
by Laura Sheppard Song | Jan 17, 2021 | Michigan, Wisconsin
Folksy places have their dark side.
Live to Tell the Tale
by Kyric Koning | Jan 16, 2021 | Placeless
What do you know about anyone beyond what you want to see and what they allow you to see?
The Soonest Winner
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Jan 15, 2021 | Placeless
Praising goodness demands much less than participating in it.
Thunder and Lightning
by Finnely King-Scoular | Jan 14, 2021 | Placeless
I’ll even dance with you if you need because none of us are dry.
The Island Bookstore
by Olivia Harre | Jan 13, 2021 | Placeless
I wonder, not for the first time, how he hasn’t run out of stories to tell.
Note to Self: The Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised
by Klaas Walhout | Jan 12, 2021 | Placeless
This question’s companion is more straightforward: “Is this the end of America?”
The Surreality of Living Through History
by Lauren Cole | Jan 11, 2021 | Washington, D.C.
Surreality would posit that this riot is just another unbelievably strange moment in a series of unbelievably strange moments
