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Stories from the people, places, and moments that shape us.
19 pieces
Swimming in Someone Else's Seas
On the cost of people-pleasing — and the slow work of learning to swim in the seas that are actually yours.
We're Not So Different
On the small, brave act of being honest with a stranger — and the recognition that comes back.
I Had a Good Day
On the parallel weather of a planet — joy and grief unfolding at the same time, and the small grace of remembering.
Your Own Beat
On the modern weight of being constantly watched — and the courage it still takes to march to your own beat.
Algorithmic Identity
On being shaped by the feed — and the slow erosion of decency it's costing all of us.
Silence Is the Killer
On the corporate gloss sold as substance — and the quiet that lets it pass.
Are We Really Listening
A companion piece to *That Anger, That Pain* — about the small lies we trade and the harder act of actually hearing each other.
Age of Information
On the irony of knowing everything and understanding less — and the part each of us plays.
It's Friday
A small scene in the rain — and the strange weight of meeting a stranger's eyes for one second.
Poor Girl I Thought
A small scene observed from a distance — and the quiet hope of being wrong about it.
It Doesn't Take Much
On what kids still know that we forgot — and the small price of remembering.
Slaves to Unchanging Identities
On the chains we build out of who we used to be — and the storm that might be the only way to wash them off.
What It Means to Be Human
On the small, unselfish gestures — and the quiet realization of what they're actually for.
Divided Yet Interconnected
On the strange paradox of being more reachable and more isolated than ever — and the slow hope of healing.
Respect, Connect
Five lines about the simplest version of what we're all trying to find.
Footsteps of Jesus
Four lines about the gap between what people call themselves and what they actually do.
All of Us Need Love
On the variety of how we hold pain — and the one thing we all hold in common.
Two Complete Strangers
On the small encounters that have no follow-up — and the strange, brief proof that the world is connected anyway.
Seldom Speaking
On the loud, isolated, contradictory present — and the small refusal of it.