What I’m learning in quarantine: if you can’t read texts from your friends in their voice, you might as well not read them at all.
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In These Modern Times
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I would suggest that there’s a difference between ignorance and malicious intent. I know it’s hard to decipher between the two in these modern times because the line gets blurred by every opinion clanging around the internet looking for a like magnet. The solution, I think, is not to fear our ignorance, but to eliminate our capacity for malicious intent.
Read MoreMy Kingdom for a Hug
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I never realized how powerful a hug really was until it became something that could kill all the people who’d give me one.
Read MoreA-Z At Home: A Project in Quarantine
A thought that has persisted in the nearly three months since I’ve self-quarantined has been, “What story are you telling” during this strange and unparalleled time? A-Z At Home has been a photo assignment that’s pushed me to write that story in ways I’ve never previously considered. An artist’s statement.
Read MoreA Coronavirus Eulogy
One of my dad's nurses, Carlyne, died from the coronavirus. She was 40. I don't know what her hopes and dreams were. I don't know how she ended up working at his nursing home. I don't even know if I'm spelling her name correctly. But I felt I needed to say something.
Read MoreA Time For Compassionate Optimism
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Imagine what would happen if we prioritized effort, time, self-care, and rest at this moment, instead of using all of our energy to prove our rightness and our certainty.
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