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Note: originally published on Substack, January 13, 2025
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Flash Forward
I know a lot of writers who can dash off a post in no time. I am not one of those writers. I need: four consecutive days of walks, one day of drafting, one day of crippling self-doubt, and one day to decide to publish anyway. Since last Friday,
"Onnabrite"
It is a truth universally acknowledged that kids lie. So when my parents really needed the straight scoop from us, they looked deep into our eyes and asked: “Onnabrite?” Because I had never seen this phrase in writing, and because I had long ditched my own South African accent, I
It's *Our* Party
If you have not already immersed yourself in the news of Lawrence, Kansas embracing Algeria’s World Cup team…what in the heck have you been doing??? It’s a beautiful American story that made me trust a bit more my gauzy memories of the Bicentennial, which my family experienced
Anger Is Exhausting
I had a bit of a meltdown last week. On Wednesday, after what felt like a month-long marathon of “school’s out” events, I told the kids (a just-graduated high school senior and a high school junior) that they could not go out that night unless they had