M.’s dad and I toured a new afterschool program this week. M.’s neighborhood pal, Poppy, goes there, and we thought it would simplify things if M. 982 more words
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A War Photographer Embeds Himself Inside a Video Game
The Last of Us Remastered is a post-apocalyptic video game released earlier this year on PlayStation 4 with an in-game Photo Mode, which freezes the game and lets players shoot, edit and share photographs of their achievements. 1,241 more words
Putting Off Tomorrow
“Procrastination is the thief of time.”
-Edward Young
Over and over and over again over these last two and a half years, I’ve reminded myself how precious time is; that it shouldn’t be wasted. 1,200 more words
Wrestling with Childhood Heroes
A glow
in the dark
turns fireflies
into cheap
lanterns 853 more words
At Home, Between the Pages
When I think of my childhood, two themes immediately rise to the top: movement and books.
We moved a lot when I was growing up. In the beginning it was because my dad was in the military; later, just because we were following (or looking for) jobs. 1,120 more words
I Was A Manic Pixie Dream Girl
*This post was featured on WordPress Freshly Pressed picks on March 27, 2015.
Remember when I wrote that I felt like a character in someone else’s coming-of-age story… 1,169 more words
A Poet to Her Son
the holy thrumming of the fan
in our bedroom is chanting your
lullaby in protective undertones.
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I am cozy, staring into the poised
bassinet that will hold you just less… 182 more words
The Last March and Funeral of Cesar Chavez
The bulletin from the Associated Press flashed across the computer in The Bakersfield Californian’s photo department a few minutes after 9 am on Friday, April 23, 1993. 3,319 more words
Why I'm Not "Good People"
I’m not a nice person.
I’m not a good person.
I’m not a kind person.
This isn’t to say that I don’t ever try to be any of these three things. 823 more words
The Economics of Book Deals
When I wrote about my own experience going freelance in my Ultimate Guide to Starting a Freelance Writing Business, I mentioned the specific development that allowed me to quit my day job: a six-figure book advance. 786 more words
One Landscape Does Not Fit All
1,560 more wordsThat’s what our favorite landscapes can be if we let them — whether we come to mountain or ocean, craving connection or solitude — they are the places that allow us to push past the boundaries, into the new territory of ourselves.
Closing in on Pluto: An Interview with Alan Stern
After more than nine years of traveling through space the New Horizons spacecraft is now in the home stretch of its journey, with less than 120 days and 143 million kilometers to go before it makes its historic flyby of the Pluto system on July 14. 1,763 more words
Misty Copeland and the Making of a Magazine Cover
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I’m not sure at this point if there’s anyone out there who hasn’t heard of Misty Copeland. Besides making history as the only African American soloist dancing with the… 492 more words
Mud Balls in the Basement
I can’t seem to let go. It’s not so much the practical things. It’s the words scrawled on little slips of paper. It’s the cement-hard mud balls that were rolled up by tiny hands. 1,003 more words
Eight Ill-Advised Reasons for Getting Married
What would you say makes the most solid foundation for a marriage? Trust? Financial security? The sort of profound and death-defying passion that would make Jack & Rose weep with envy? 389 more words
The Pech and Archaeology in the Mosquitia
Every few years, a new group of explorers ‘discover’ a fabulous archaeological site in the Honduran rain forest. It is lauded in the press as a huge discovery, perhaps the mythical lost city in the Honduran rain forest, maybe even a lost civilization. 967 more words
Living in the Age of Irony
A couple of years ago, the always-inflammatory Salon ran a piece entitled “The 15 Most Hated Bands of the Last 30 Years.” Included on the list were such hate-favourites as Nickelback (hatred of them has become so common as to be ubiquitous), but also many of the bands whose work came to define the sounds of the ’90s. 685 more words
Forget About Your House of Cards
Forget about your house of cards
And I’ll do mine
And fall under the table, get swept under
Denial, denial…—Radiohead, “House of Cards”
Note: Major spoilers follow for the third season of…
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Barefoot
Shelter and safety. They make us feel comfortable and secure. We have a lot of comfort and security and shelter here in america. Rarely do we feel truly threatened or at risk. 249 more words
My Ronde van Drenthe
I won a World Cup. Wait. No. That’s wrong.
The first race of the ten race World Cup series kicked off in the Netherlands on Saturday. 2,094 more words
The Cormorant by Rebecca Foust
Rebecca Foust was a finalist in the James Hearst Poetry Prize in 2009. Her poem “The Cormorant” was featured in issue 294.2.
A Plentiful Pot of Roasted Tomato & Root Vegetable Soup
March 2015
A plentiful pot of soup is like a return to your childhood home after many months or years away. Every ingredient, like every quilt, stuffed animal or lingering teen heart-throb poster, tells a story and stirs nostalgia. 574 more words
#HighFunctioningMeans
Intro: #HighFunctioningMeans – and its siblings, #LowFunctioningMeans and #FunctioningLabelsMean are trending on Twitter right now. For insight into what neurodiverse people really think of functioning labels, I suggest you check those tags out. 988 more words
Antisemitism in France: Yes, No, and Maybe
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo/ policewoman/ kosher market killings here in Paris that took 17 lives last January, people have asked when they might expect to see a ‘point de vue’ on two subjects: whether daily life has changed, and whether antisemitism is on the rise in France. 846 more words
On a Quiet Word to Music Parents
Okay. Firstly….
Breathe.
It looks like little Johnny’s or Susie’s interest in the drums, or sax, or bass…
Or guitar, or piano, or clarinet, or flute, or didgeridoo… 1,504 more words
The Math of Ferguson
The other day, I was talking to my colleague Dr Scott Roy. We were working on the second midterm exam for our genetics class at SF State, but got distracted. 1,067 more words
I Stand Quietly
I stand quietly while you do somersaults on the bed as you aren’t being naughty, you are just trying to get your out of sync body under control. 937 more words
