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I’ll Venmo You
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Sep 10, 2020 | Placeless
$20 in a bank only means what it does because we’ve built institutions and systems to support and protect the idea that $20 means $20.
It’s Lovely Here Today
by Gwyneth Findlay | Sep 9, 2020 | Scotland
Generations survived by this resource that I now visit a few times a week for a pleasant view and a whipping fresh breeze.
The Ballad of the AeroPress
by Josh Parks | Sep 8, 2020 | Placeless
I asked the fair barista, “Sir,
Have you the stock I seek?”
“Alas,” said he, “our shelves are bare,
And will be for a week.”
Ice Cream Zagat
by Susannah Boersma | Sep 7, 2020 | Michigan
A cheesy name celebrating the town it can be found in? 10/10. A charming new addition of orange pool noodles glued to its exterior to ensure social distancing? Dreamy.
Tolkien in Azeroth
by Ben Orlebeke | Sep 6, 2020 | Placeless
The ability to imagine outside our four walls is how we stay sane.
Incomplete Lists of Subjects I Tend to Avoid
by Alex Johnson | Sep 5, 2020 | Placeless
73. Taxes.
Turkish Delights
by Comfort Sampong | Sep 4, 2020 | Turkey
All I know is that during a long vacation, I wandered into a moving tale of dangerous dreams, opportunities to heal former traumas, and people who met at the wrong (or maybe perfect?) time.
Looking Forward to Everything
by Ansley Kelly | Sep 3, 2020 | New Hampshire, Placeless
Choosing hope today doesn’t deplete what’s available to us tomorrow.
Whatever Works
by Cotter Koopman | Sep 2, 2020 | Placeless
I’m not totally saying those two weeks of my high school AP stats class caused a nationwide erosion of trust in authority and science.
Goodbye and Hello
by Abby Zwart | Sep 1, 2020 | Placeless
It’s time to pass this space on to the next generation.
Our Earth’s Magnetic Fields and Stars
by Katerina Parsons | Sep 1, 2020 | Antarctica, Placeless
Birds feel the pull of the compass, and they also cast their eyes upward for a map.
A Letter to My Younger Sister
by Alicia Bradshaw | Aug 31, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
I thought I was somehow exempt—because I grew up in other countries or have Jewish blood or have a sister who looks different than me.
A Jog through Kigali
by Shannon De Jong | Aug 30, 2020 | Rwanda
Slowly but surely, I keep going, shielding my eyes from the sun with my hand. There is simply no other choice.
Call Me Sticky
by Andy Briggs | Aug 29, 2020 | Placeless
Growing up isn’t being impervious to pain; it’s learning to live with it.
A Prayer for Attention
by Jon Gorter | Aug 28, 2020 | Placeless
Watching a bird makes me think about a life other than my own.
No Couple is an Island
by Anna Jeffries | Aug 27, 2020 | Michigan, North Carolina
No one tells you that the challenge of finding friends and creating community extends beyond just high school, beyond just university.
An Open Letter to My Neighbors
by Annaka Koster | Aug 26, 2020 | Placeless
Hello. You do not know me and I do not know you.
I Think About This Once a Week
by Katie Van Zanen | Aug 25, 2020 | Michigan
On good days, I think about John and that chalkboard and the dog under the lectern and I remember the joy of learning new things and the inexhaustible opportunities the world presents for just that.
Reflections on the Required Reading for a Calvin Religion Degree
by Joshua Polanski | Aug 24, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
It’s safe to say that the reading for religion majors lacks the representation of the diversity of the religious world.
A Love Letter to Games
by Alex Westenbroek | Aug 23, 2020 | Placeless
I would sometimes, alone, take out all of the pieces, marvel at the details of the board and plastic gizmos, and read through the rules like a sacred text.
The One Where She Watched Friends (and Liked It)
by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Aug 22, 2020 | Placeless
I started watching Friends a little late in the game. And by late, I mean a quarter of a century after it debuted on television,
Pretty, Crazy, Dead Girls and Taylor Swift
by Emily Joy Stroble | Aug 21, 2020 | Placeless
The body in the wet shroud of transparent ivory was Lizzie Siddal’s. She was a painter’s model.
Nainai
by Chad Westra | Aug 20, 2020 | China, Taiwan
My presence that summer must have been a shock to Nainai, but oddly enough she never questioned why a tall, thin, white, American guy was living in her home.
The Wall Tent
by Lillie Spackman | Aug 19, 2020 | Oregon
An 8×10 waterproof canvas tent with metal poles and the space for a wood stove, that tent has seen most of Oregon.
Not Quite: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Ben DeVries | Aug 18, 2020 | Placeless
Set roughly sixty years before the Hunger Games trilogy, Ballad is, essentially, two origin stories in one.
A Review of the Books in My Closet I Can’t Get Rid of But Will Never Read
by Laura Sheppard Song | Aug 17, 2020 | Placeless
If the title is in a sans-serif font with one word per line on the front cover, you know it must be good.
The Once and Future Writing
by Kyric Koning | Aug 16, 2020 | Placeless
This is where greatness begins, should we choose it.
Spain, 1936-1975
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Aug 15, 2020 | Spain
For thousands living abroad or in Spain, wondering and waiting, the years dragged on and on.
Run Boy Run: Reflections on Personal Evolution
by Finnely King-Scoular | Aug 14, 2020 | Placeless
I started being an English teacher abroad, then I stopped. Then I started being a nuclear electrician’s mate, then I stopped. I started being a butch lesbian, then I stopped.
One Year in 23S
by Olivia Harre | Aug 13, 2020 | Tennessee
When I walk through the blue door, now it feels like a home—my home.
