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May 24, 20223 min read

[Essay] History Repeats Itself

by Kaia Gallagher The story of her harrowing escape remained etched on her face. Years of fear, grief, and sorrow carved deep worry lines...

Apr 12, 20221 min read

[Essay] Terrible and True

by Evan Baughfman “Anybody hear us up there?!” voices shrieked beneath the waves of Pearl Harbor. Everyone heard. *** Trapped inside the...

Mar 1, 20223 min read

[Essay] She Comes in Waves

by Penne Lynne “You move on from it, but the death will never disappear from view.” —Elizabeth McCracken Navigation Horizontal on a...

Dec 14, 20213 min read

[Essay] Sometimes on Long Bike Rides I Yell...

Sometimes on Long Bike Rides I Yell the Lyrics to “Angel from Montgomery” and Think About Butterflies by Matthew Medendorp On a long bike...

Dec 14, 202112 min read

[Essay] Altar

by Melody Greenfield “I want to worship your body,” my husband says to me. It’s a line that’s come up repeatedly over the years, not that...

Dec 14, 202120 min read

[Essay] If We Were There for Leisure

by Trey Burnette CW: Suicide attempt I was twelve and just more than halfway through seventh grade when we moved near Santa Cruz. We...

Dec 14, 20213 min read

[Essay] A Quarantine-Induced Throwback: August 1977

by Harry Gordon Fumbling through old pictures while waiting out the pandemic, I came across this one of me taken forty-three years ago....

Jul 16, 20217 min read

[Essay] Dolphin Interrogation

By Shantha J. Bunyan The dolphin looked directly into my eyes! My heart was racing. I couldn't believe it. It was a dream come true in so...

Jul 16, 20217 min read

[Essay] Glow Me Out of the Darkness

By Whitney Mackman “So, they aren’t actually glowworms,” our guide stalled as we settled in against the sharp, ridged limestone for the...

Jul 16, 20219 min read

[Essay] At the Mercy of an Old Friend

By Michael Cuglietta We took a bus to the Aztec pyramids, an hour outside Mexico City. After touring the pyramids, we were picked up by...

Jul 16, 202118 min read

[Essay] Outrunning by David Martinez

By David Martinez I had a reverence for skateboarding, spoke about it like it had saved my life, and for the years in which I skated, and...

Jan 12, 20212 min read

[Editor's Note] A Winter of Enlightenment by David M. Olsen

What a year. 2020. In most ways, I’m glad it is over. I lost my job, had hard times, struggled in more ways than one. And, so did...

Jan 12, 20215 min read

[Essay] Dad Hacks by David Zimmerle

Dad Hacks by David Zimmerle You’re on your own now more than ever, dad. And somehow March never ended. The worst Friday the 13th ever....

Oct 6, 20203 min read

[Essay] The House that Built Me

by Kira Star I woke up to another routine morning in my sleepy, foggy town in Central California. While looking out my bedroom window, I...

May 21, 20202 min read

#SIP - Essay by Karen t'Kint

Salad Days by Karen t'Kint These days taste like vinegar, deceptively served in a plastic party glass on a warm spring evening. Only...

May 9, 20205 min read

#SIP - Essay by Shea McCollum

13 Ways of Looking at a Virus 1. It starts with a whisper. One headline amongst many. A lesser order disaster of concern. Only one person...

Apr 29, 20208 min read

#SIP Essay - by Xochi Rosebuds

Don’t Touch My Weenie: Being the Chronic Creep Who Needs Emotional Support during the Epidemic by Xochi Rosebuds It was noon when the...

Apr 29, 20204 min read

#SIP Essay - by John Staley

Running in the Time of Corona COVID-19 has changed life dramatically for everyone. I have had quite a few conflicting feelings over the...

Apr 21, 202016 min read

#SIP Essay by Art Hanlon

The Circle Game by Art Hanlon I need to escape the feeling that I’m under house arrest. We’re sheltering in place because of the COVID-19...

Apr 5, 20206 min read

#SIP Essay by Nathania Seales Oh

The Toilet Paper Shortage Doesn’t Scare Me. Parenting Through a Pandemic Does. by Nathania Seales Oh This is the Emergency Broadcast...

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