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Heart-breaking.
"The One and the Other"
Hayden Saunier
The child hums as he carries, too late,
his grandmother’s sugar-dusted lemon-glazed cake
down the street to the neighbor who needs to be cheered,
too late for the neighbor
who’s stepped into the air
of her silent front hall from a ladder-backed chair
her church dress just pressed, her head in a loop she ( Read more... ) -
So sad.
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Cha-ching
Today, I am taking a moment to be thankful for something a little random: the internet. Even though it can be a huge time suck that I often don't utilize properly, it has such tremendous potential. For instance, today, I ( Read more... ) -
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We go to print on Tuesdays. Every week, I put off the majority of my work till Monday, even though that results in stories being put off or not researched as thoroughly as they should be, as well as a general feeling of panic, inadequacy and shame ( Read more... ) -
So many thoughts.
"Life continues, and some mornings, weary of the noise, discouraged by the prospect of the interminable work to keep after, sickened also by the madness of the world that leaps at you from the newspaper, finally convinced that I will not be equal to it and that I will disappoint everyone-all I want to do is sit down and wait for evening. This is ( Read more... ) -
"I wonder how tomorrow could ever follow today."
Sometimes a song just gets you. This one hit me on the way to work and sunk into my bones.
Related note: God, do I love Led Zeppelin.
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"I have no boobs."
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/i-have-no-boobs/This short piece is written by someone who had a double mastectomy at age 25. It is such a powerful and beautiful piece, and it is also really funny. I wish I wrote like this and knew how to have such an honest, informal and ( Read more... ) -
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Feeling restless today. This is going to be a great weekend filled with family, friends and good food, but I can't stop thinking about work. I like what I do, and I'm fairly good at it. I can live on what I make, but barely. I try to save, but it's nearly impossible to save up a nest egg when I have to dip into my savings every month to make rent. ( Read more... )
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