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2024: The Year of False Starts

Existence is particularly unbearable first thing in the morning…

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Origin Stories: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Growing up, Christmas time was always celebrated by a warm cup of hot chocolate and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer playing on the television…

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The first time I heard the expression “your neck of the woods” was from Al Roker on NBC Today when I was very young…

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I am a simple woman. I think “Where did this story come from?” Then I think: “Where did it go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?”

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A few months ago, I wrote three western-themed fables. Since then, I’ve written three more…

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When I was a freshman in college, I had a professor who gifted me a notebook...

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I have an image in my head—a statue of a crying woman. This is her story...

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I would like to share a poem...

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I’m fortunate to live in an area with little light pollution…

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A large shadow cascades over the room as a figure sweeps past the night light…