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In defiance of slow motion suicide
This is a post about being alive, and maybe even liking it Does anyone remember Heathers? A better question might be, who doesn’t remember Heathers? Well…some people, probably, because in fact I recently rewatched Heathers with someone who had never seen it before. That was certainly an experience. In that this newbie to Heathers managed…
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When a job interview is a one-way street
This is a post about what happens when you go down a one-way street When I first started drafting this, I was knee-deep in a job search. Recently I waded out of said job search, thank the heavens, and while I’m sending out said gratitude, I should note that my present situation isn’t really going…
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Seasonal spirituallergies
This is a post about something I suffer from; you, too? Disclaimer: I wrote most of this about a year ago, but it hasn’t grown old yet, or even if it has, everything old is new again. Isn’t it always? Or maybe I should say, new age again. That’s what I mean by, and is…
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Goal hierarchy conflict and the severed self
This is a blog post that is definitely NOT about a self-help topic Tell me what you think about this phrase: The You You Are. Silly, right? What even is “the you you are”? If you’ve seen the Apple TV+ series “Severance,” of course, you’re way ahead of me, but perhaps you’re not in that…
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Backlogging
I haven’t written here in awhile, and it’s for good reason(s), the main reason being I haven’t known what to say. There’s an element of realizing I haven’t been entirely honest in my work here, too, and if you can’t be honest in your writing, then can you be honest at all? Realizing it has…
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A very American anxiety
Turbulence is the tone and timbre of late, here in America but also globally, and no reprieve has been promised. No end seems to be in sight. No captain is coming over the loudspeaker to let us know that this is just a brief foray, please fasten your seatbelts and hold tight, this will all…
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Finding your legs (again)
I thought I’d broken up with track and field, but a recent conversation with a local coach tugged my heart back. If I read it correctly, he was trying to recruit me to train with his group for the 400 meters—based solely on seeing me do core work at the YMCA, mind, so there’s a…
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You are climbing
You are climbing. And there comes a point wherein you begin to wonder: Will I ever see anything that tells me I’ve reached An Apex—if not The Apex? Will there ever be a sign? Will the vista be enough? You keep climbing, yet you harbor this doubt in your heart. Then, suddenly, there is no…
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Making friends with mountains
Between Georgia and Maine, the Appalachian Trail winds its way along the spine of the mountains, cutting through Eastern towns and highways, bringing people from one edge of their lives to the next. Between Georgia and Maine—almost smack in the middle—is Virginia—and in Virginia is McAfee Knob, an overlook that is apparently the most-photographed spot…
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Clearing the air
Los Angeles: the city of angels, a false idol, a circle of smog. Irvine: quintessential suburbia, the safest city in America. Laguna Beach: a beautifully Mediterranean yet tightly packed coastal community that was featured on reality TV in a past life. These images don’t necessarily summon any kind of escape with a clarity-seeking intent. They are not exactly…
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