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Last night, the four of us agreed that we'd arrive at the Democratic headquarters in Reno to canvass for Kamala at 8:45AM, slightly earlier than…
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It's no secret that I am blind in one eye and have been since birth, although we did not know until I was five years…
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To be honest, I'd never even heard of the term "social isolation" until this whole virus took hold of all of our lives and everything…
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We drove through the snowy streets of north Minneapolis . It being a Saturday morning, steely cold, not many people were out. But we drove…
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James Jackson was in the bathroom one night before bedtime, staring at his face in the mirror. As he watched, two sprites emerged as blasts…
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Last night, the four of us agreed that we'd arrive at the Democratic headquarters in Reno to canvass for Kamala at 8:45AM, slightly earlier than…
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The sharp smell of scene paint mixed with sweat, and she became aware that she had painted herself into a corner of the stage .…
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I spent two days in Reno last week walking precincts with members of the Culinary Local 225, the union that represents workers in the hotels…
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"Hello?" Estelle paused. "Hello, Bill? Chip?" She hoped it was one of her two best friends from school calling her. She needed to talk to…
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From the moment Paul and I stepped foot in Firenze, I felt embraced…..enfolded in a familiar warmth ( it was July, I concede), a cloud…
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It's no secret that I am blind in one eye and have been since birth, although we did not know until I was five years…
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Thank you, God, for giving us so much of Trump. I'm having a bit of melt-down in the past day or so...what feels like an…
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This is the time we have. Just now, just this moment. The past is gone and the future hasn't happened yet. We only have now.…
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Going through old piles of writing...this, from 1988...yes...1988....it feels like i have written forever and forever and forever , and my stacks of old writing…
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I’ve been living in the Santa Cruz Mountains for fifteen years now, in a proper mountain town nestled between Redwood City and Palo Alto to…
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