A Mixed Bag: Words for Paying Attention

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Back Around The Other Way
It is such an absurd concept to me that we are all just walking around, hearts ready to be broken. That no amount of inner work or self awareness, no…
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Holly Stallcup
Monday
I think one of the things many of us enjoy about Holy Week is how it segments out the human experience—the feast, the anguish, the dying, the waiting…
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Holly Stallcup
Nine
Audrey, You’re nine now. It’s strange. We talk a lot these days about how I’ve known you since you were a baby—a handful of potential who I rocked in…
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Wind is making it feel colder.
Cold Cold Cold It is so cold Why is it so cold Please stop being cold
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Lunch Bench #2
There’s a bench near the Met where, when the weather allows, I have my lunch most Tuesdays. The black paint is chipped on the swirly metal arms, worn…
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Holly Stallcup
Your Move
It’s a Jenga block being slid out of the tower of your life in slow motion—anything new. One move could cause life to come crashing down, again, or it…
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A Table Before Me
I am choosing easy right now—paper plates and relationships that feel uncomplicated. A few nights ago, I was thinking about what I wanted and why. I…
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A Mixed Bag: Words for Paying Attention
A few words each week. Stories, poetry, essays. Grief, delight, the mundane.

A Mixed Bag: Words for Paying Attention

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