Tag: spiral trail
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The Compass to Good You Were Taught to Ignore
Humans have spent a long time worrying about starvation. The quivering family clutches their rags around them in the dreary hut. Outside, snow falls, and the rickety walls only welcome the draft. The little boy swallows his crust of bread in a single bite and stares desolately at the wall as tears come to his…
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I Was Evicted Once
It was Christmas, and I was looking at being evicted and homeless. With a toddler. With no spare resources to settle the house we were renting or get to a safe place. I couldn’t even get transport to the social services office. Our car had been smoking if it went over 40 miles an hour.…
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Timeless Truths and Turtles All the Way Down
In ancient times, people walked across the earth, and wondered what was beneath them. What could be so vast? What is beyond the vast horizon? One answer was it’s all on the back of a giant turtle. And what, you may ask, is that turtle standing on? Well it’s turtles, all the way down! All…
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Weeds and What Matters
My front yard is covered with beautiful, invasive hawkweed. I spent an hour playing in the dirt today, digging them and their wild-runner roots out. They’re all mixed in with the clover, which the bees love, and the grass, which can hardly be seen. Our lives are like our yards – full of random things…
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I Would Rather Be A Bog Witch
Tears blurred out the cheerful woman on the webinar. My heart pounded alarmingly, and it felt like I had swallowed a hot coal. This was looking like another failure. I had just spent more than $2k that I didn’t have, on this class that promised a “proven path to meaningful, creative, work from home.” By…