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THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING (opens the original)
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Last night I was thinking about my brother.About the day he died.About the fog.About the coyote.And this morning, I opened my back door and found a cardinal feather.There it was.Waiting.Now.You can call that coincidence.I might too.I am, after all, a skeptical mystic.I have always been interested in the space between believing everything and believing nothing.But I have also learned that perhaps the most interesting question about a sign isn’t:Was it really a sign?Maybe the better question is:Wh
THE TROUBLE WITH WOMEN (opens the original)
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I have had enough of people using that word about women.Bitchy.It’s misogynistic.A woman can look strong, be opinionated, stand up for herself and others, be sharp, sophisticated, direct, powerful, even intimidating, without being reduced to “bitchy.”We have an entire vocabulary.Let’s use it.And before anyone congratulates me for arriving at this stunning revelation, I should probably confess that I have used the word too.Plenty.I have
Hello, Dolly? (opens the original)
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Dolly died today.And my heart broke.I couldn’t stop the tears.Which might seem strange considering I never met her.She didn’t know my name.We never sat together.I never got to tell her what her songs meant to me, or what happened inside me whenever I caught her out of thecorner of my eye on a television screen … that hair, that laugh, that completely unmistakable voice, andimmediately felt a little better about the world.But maybe we misunderstand what it means to know someone.Because Dolly Part
I’m Choosing Naan. (opens the original)
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51 rings differently than 50.Last year at this time, I was surrounded by people who had, at some point, had proximity to my path.People from different chapters.Different versions of me.I gave a little reflection that night.Eat Pray Love made its way into it, naturally.If you’ve been subscribed to Fieldnotes long enough, you’ll know I’ve watched that movie enough times that I should probably be receiving residuals.This year was different.Until two days ago, I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to c
People of Orphalese, (opens the original)
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There is a book that sits behind the counter.The Prophet.It has lived there long enough that I don’t really think of it as a book anymore. More like another object in the room. Something I occasionally reach for between making coffee, talking to someone, wiping down the counter, getting on with whatever apparently important thing needs doing next.I pick it up often.The other day I opened it to Pleasure.“People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees.”And I thought…Well.T
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