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19 April 2020– The COVID Diaries: Staying Sane in a Time That’s Not
Dear Diary, It’s Sunday again, and even though the days are a little bit of a blur, there are little bits of routine that remind us now and then how to mark time. Monday through Friday are, in fact, Thisday, Thatday, Someday, Whatday, and Whensday. But Saturday is Farm Workday because there are still…
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I’m Here and I Found Our Patronus
This is me. CLEARLY I’m not in Oregon right now. Also, despite appearances to the contrary, I’m not naked, either. I’m in Mexico, friends! To work on the latest draft of my book proposal, thanks to a friend with a free-to-me condo. 😍 (EVERYONE GO MAKE FRIENDS LIKE THIS. It’s OK. Go ahead. I’ll…
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Why I Write Anyway
My kids went back to school this week, hooray and praise the Lord God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and School. The college student is colleging, the high schoolers are rocking the hell out of their special ed classes, and the tinies, who aren’t tiny at all at 10 years old, but who I insist on…
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How I Became a Heretic (or How the Evangelical, Conservative Church Lost Me)
I wasn’t always a heretic. I used to be as Religious Right as they come, raised as I was in the 70’s and 80’s in a conservative, evangelical, James-Dobson-loving, Christian home. I went to Awana and learned Bible verses for candy and badges when I was little. I know the Four Spiritual Laws by heart,…