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On Being a Good Tenant
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | May 7, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, New York
I care a lot about things like that. I want people to remember good things about me.
A Cross Section of My Twitter Likes
by Alex Johnson | May 5, 2020 | Placeless
Oftentimes when I go looking for spiritual poetry outside of Mary Oliver, I can’t find anything beyond super sanitized Christian verses.
Excerpts from My Quarantine Cooking Diaries
by Comfort Sampong | May 4, 2020 | Placeless
Today, I cooked to affirm my belonging.
Mississippi Dog
by Ansley Kelly | May 3, 2020 | Mississippi, Pennsylvania
At that moment, Cline walked up and said, in his miraculously gentle drawl, “You can take her home if you want to.”
Consistency
by Cotter Koopman | May 2, 2020 | Placeless
I’m angry that saying “Don’t tell me what to do” is more American than saying “Tell me how to help.”
The World in Pieces, We Are Planting Trees
by Katerina Parsons | May 1, 2020 | Placeless
I feel caught up in a collective urge to tend things.
Unfairness
by Abraham Mena | Apr 29, 2020 | Placeless
I am naturally impatient, so I went straight to the climax (chapters 38 to 42) because I needed answers.
The Megasaw
by Jon Gorter | Apr 28, 2020 | Placeless
It’s hard to hear the voice inside my own head over the roar of the megasaw, much less the whisper of the earth.
Devs and Our Determined (?) End
by Brad Zwiers | Apr 27, 2020 | Placeless
Throughout the show, many of the actors deliver their lines with an intentional flatness, and I initially misinterpreted this flatness as both bad acting and a way of communicating a thesis.
Snail Saga, Pt. 3: Snails in the Shadow of COVID-19
by Annaka Koster | Apr 26, 2020 | Ann Arbor
There isn’t much I’ve enjoyed more recently than watching Clive—Clive Snails Lewis, to give him his full title—wrap his slimy self around a carrot.
My Best Friend Lives in New York
by Katie Van Zanen | Apr 25, 2020 | Ann Arbor, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York
But I will say that—for me—being confined to my home has sometimes felt liberating in a small and quiet way.
Obligado
by Leigh Peterson | Apr 24, 2020 | Placeless
In my non-wing hand, I hold my phone, poring over the free PDF I found of 501 Spanish Verbs.
Forced Choice
by Alex Westenbroek | Apr 23, 2020 | Placeless
Your senses never lie. If this feels hard, then it’s hard. It is for all of us.
“Hoink!”: A Legacy
by Emily Joy Stroble | Apr 21, 2020 | Placeless
We’ve met faithfully for Thursday Dinner for more than a year now.
The World’s Next Head of State Drag Superstar
by Gabe Gunnink | Apr 20, 2020 | Placeless
And tonight on the runway, category is: pandemic eleganza.
The Aloy Paradox
by Mary Margaret Healy | Apr 19, 2020 | Placeless
Humanity: the once and future success story
Reading Post-apocalyptic Fiction during COVID-19
by Ben DeVries | Apr 18, 2020 | Placeless
These days, the opening chapters of Emily St. John Mandel’s 2014 novel, Station Eleven, are enough to take your breath away.
My Fantastic Brothers
by Kyric Koning | Apr 16, 2020 | Placeless
When I tell people I have four brothers, usually they respond with, “Oh, your poor mother.”
Laura’s Ultimate Guide to Shelter in Place Productivity
by Laura Sheppard Song | Apr 16, 2020 | Placeless
Now that we’ve set a good precedent for productive work, let’s go over how to maintain good health and nutrition during your stay-at-home time.
Flour-covered Rhythms
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Apr 15, 2020 | Placeless
After a month of stay-at-home orders, suddenly everyone’s a baker.
Journals
by Will Montei | Apr 14, 2020 | Placeless
Most of my journals were destroyed. They were never perfect enough to keep.
Letters from Quarantine
by Olivia Harre | Apr 13, 2020 | Placeless
Every day now carries a different weight, new set of worries, and another chance to intentionally look for the good.
Pray-mantising
by Abby Zwart | Apr 12, 2020 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
The next morning she was clutching the screen door with her dainty insect toes.
Exotic Backyard Tennis Bowling
by Matt Cambridge | Apr 11, 2020 | Placeless
RULES:
Player must stand thirty-six feet from shed (forty-four if playing European rules)
Stuck at Home with No Line on the Horizon
by Jordan Petersen Kamp | Apr 10, 2020 | Placeless
But then you get these three songs smack-dab in the middle and these… these are maybe the worst songs in U2’s discography.
Awed By Her Splendor
by Gwyneth Findlay | Apr 9, 2020 | Placeless
I wonder if humanity has loved anything as long as it has loved the moon.
Wikipedia and the Wilderness
by Josh Parks | Apr 8, 2020 | Placeless
Using this definition, cities, industrial parks, and suburban developments are just as “wild” as Russian Arctic National Park.
The Assumption
by Caroline (Higgins) Nyczak | Apr 7, 2020 | New York
I didn’t tell her we are planning on leaving too,
and I won’t get to say goodbye.
Looking For Networks…
by Alex Johnson | Apr 5, 2020 | Placeless
I related best to my siblings when we were shoulder to shoulder, yelling or cheering about pixels on a screen.
Inhale, Reimagine, Gather
by Comfort Sampong | Apr 4, 2020 | Placeless
When we come together, we have the power to create what Parker calls “temporary alternative worlds.”
