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Inside the Publix Grocery Store in the Time of Anarchy
  • May 21, 2021
  • 4 min

Inside the Publix Grocery Store in the Time of Anarchy

Author’s Note: The following humor column was written on May 15, 2021, a few days after the CDC eased its mask guidance. The author has...
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Southern Belles and Carpet Buzzers
  • Dec 23, 2020
  • 4 min

Southern Belles and Carpet Buzzers

The fearless woman who helped demolish my garage cabinets was crouched on my staircase, painting the walls when I asked if her partner, a...
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In Celebration of the Common Riffraff
  • Nov 14, 2020
  • 4 min

In Celebration of the Common Riffraff

Looming from her second-floor balcony, the owner confronted me, twitchy as a highlighted chicken. “You weren’t expecting to come inside,...
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The Sausage on the Roof
  • Oct 18, 2020
  • 2 min

The Sausage on the Roof

This essay was written while my daughter was still in Nepal: When my boyfriend Mickey first hurled the slice of cooked Italian sausage...
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Black Mermaids Matter
  • Oct 4, 2020
  • 6 min

Black Mermaids Matter

Months before the brutal police killing of George Floyd, before the protests when I made a sign saying, “I Can’t Breathe” and "Stop the...
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Crossing by Myself
  • May 18, 2020
  • 7 min

Crossing by Myself

Editor’s Note: I wrote this travelogue-style essay in November 2018, while visiting my daughter Caroline during her service with Peace...
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Why I Was Mean - From Eckerd Review
  • Sep 20, 2018
  • 1 min

Why I Was Mean - From Eckerd Review

My goal, in this nonfiction essay, was to provide a first-hand report on what Russ Douthat described in The New York Times as the 1970s...
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Finding Mom's Gun - from Gravel Magazine
  • Sep 17, 2018
  • 1 min

Finding Mom's Gun - from Gravel Magazine

“You need to find her gun and hide it,” my sister mumbled while our mother, propped in a hospital bed, prattled on about finding Bigfoot....
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Tagged - from Atticus Review
  • Sep 12, 2018
  • 1 min

Tagged - from Atticus Review

Based on my partner’s encounter with U.S. Customs officials at Dulles airport, this essay is a romantic exploration of the discrimination...
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That Damned Skateboard
  • Sep 3, 2018
  • 1 min

That Damned Skateboard

At her neck’s nape, the red splotch still lurks, a sunny chick’s fuzz covers the scar of snarling angels, roaring, refusing her newborn...
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