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A blog of the media I am consuming

Articles

Glimpses

Because sometimes we can’t talk about the hardest subjects: the unjust wars, the prejudiced policies, an exceedingly endangered planet. Neither can we talk about our own failures and regrets, nor…

Articles

Missing

I looked up how long it takes a large tree to disintegrate in the forest. It depends, of course. But, in general, longer than most of us live.

Articles

Glory of the Seas

A couple of years ago I moved into a retirement village and had to do some serious downsizing. My shell collection went from five shelves to two, not counting the…

Books

My Mom Had an Abortion

My Mom Had an Abortion is a unique coming-of-age tale told by a self-described dyslexic-asexual-lesbian-feminist teenager and illustrated by body-positive comic artist Tatiana Gill. We follow our protagonist Beezus B.…

Books

Bandit

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution described Bandit by Molly Brodak as: "a book about stories and character, of how events and actions shape who we are, how a father becomes…

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