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January 2025

Rethinking Eden's "Villain": Was it Cosmic Treachery or Sacred Teaching?
A Tale Retold
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Pity the Nation: Cycles of Power Captured in Words
Today, after this week of rapid political and societal change, I want to share two poems from two different poets, who wrote in two different times.
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A Poem In Drafts: 5 Tips for Writing Poetry
Desert Dust
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Can You Handle the Pinch?
How to manage the unexpected emotional labor that comes along with writing
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Sara Stibitz
From Pain Points to Pathways of Possibility
Picture this: it’s circa 2014, and I am hunched over a notebook, sitting at my cheap pine dining room table that I bought off of Craigslist, practicing…
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Sara Stibitz
Unlocking Codewords: How to Decode Hidden Language and Connect More Meaningfully
Code words or buzzwords have remarkable power.
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December 2024

A Dreamtime Ode to the Underworld
On Brain Rot and Winter Break
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Sara Stibitz
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Solstice: The Weaving of the Dark and Light
a poem by George McKay Brown
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Starfish: The Effect of One Person
One little action can make a big difference
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The Measure of Our Outrage
And a poem by Wendell Berry
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November 2024

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