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How to Slip
Walking down the sidewalk on a cold day last winter, I slipped on the ice and threw my arms wide to stay upright.
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Changes at Care and Maintenance
Please reference your updated manuals.
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October 2020

Care and Maintenance #3: With Love
“You can’t love me if you don’t love politically.” — Jericho Brown
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Care and Maintenance #2: When We Begin
“To arrive is a calamity.” — Rebecca Solnit
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May 2020

Care and Maintenance #1: Over and Over
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” — Kurt Vonnegut
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December 2018

The Quiet Post #23: On Decisive Endings
These stories do have at least one thing going for them: they end.
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September 2018

The Quiet Post #22: Autumn Chill
It’s beginning to smell a lot like autumn. Or maybe it’s just this bonfire-scented candle on my desk.
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The Quiet Post #21: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Totally didn’t write a single thing.
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May 2018

The Quiet Post #20: Throwing Water (Summer Hiatus)
This is my last post for the summer. Probably.
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The Quiet Post #19: The Season Finale of Podcasts
Last Wednesday, for the first time in three years, I caught up on all my podcasts.
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The Quiet Post #18: The Gentleness of Midnight Robber
I finished Midnight Robber over the weekend and let me tell you: it is good.
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April 2018

The Quiet Post #17: How to Feel Better
The first thing is — keep a record.
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