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Un-Chainsaw

Yesterday, I was pruning some hazelnut bushes that have gotten out of control. The pruning book said to do this in “early spring,” and January might be too early, plus I know somehow hazelnuts fertilize in January. Sorry, Mother Earth. I was using a neat but old electric plug-in chainsaw

Fascism is a Play-Dough Vibe of Bad Men's Feelings

I was having a nice morning on Saturday and minding my business when someone in my life sent me an email telling me that I didn’t have the courage to read Buck Sexton’s forthcoming book Manufacturing Delusion: How the Left Uses Brainwashing, Indoctrination, and Propaganda Against You. The

Creative Process as Yard Sale

What a gleeful mess it is

What We Save When We Organize

Afghanistan, the Ancient Greeks, and Us

Grieving for this Place is Work

On moving stones and living in this moment.

Marydee Reynolds' "Don't Try to Buy Weed in Peoria"

The Sinéad series continues!

Farah Ahamed's "A Channel of Peace"

The Sinéad series continues!

[REPOST] Tamara MC's "The Night Sinéad O'Connor Found Me in a Convertible"

The Sinéad series continues!

Rebecca Evans'"Shuhada' Sadaqat"

The Sinéad series continues!

Tamara MC's "The Night Sinéad O'Connor Found Me in a Convertible"

The Sinéad series continues!

Are you there, God of Carnage? It's Me, Sonya

Fucking Nazis.