HeyJaredTalkingcat88
Writing to stay hopeful, mostly creative non-fiction, poetry and commentaries. And of course cats.
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- Jul 25, 2026
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Before Extinction (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedBefore extinction, we can read reading to witness the life in every line, reading to hold on to memories still breathing, after the fires, reading to rescue entombed stories from the ash before extinction, we can memorize what remains, recite family trees carving survival on broken branches before extinction, after exile, we can plant our tongues, grow new languages write the heart’s migration home<a
Before the algorithm— For Vivian Maier (opens the original)
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Fractured snapshotsI was sinking again, caught between a rock and a hard place; the rock of opaque algorithms (challenging my self-categorizations, pushing for more likes, more monetized content, higher statistical rankings); and as a genre interloper, the hard place of resisting imposter syndrome. Still, blessed with a life raft of thoughtful generous readers, I keep writing. During one of these low moments, I discovered Vivian Maier, the brilliant self taught “street photographer,” who worked
Signs (opens the original)
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The World Explained (opens the original)
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My precocious great nephew explains the world to me. He turns four in a few months; together with the family cats and dog, he is the doted on, beloved center of our family universe. Ignoring the hot midday sun, he is intently inspecting the gutter pipe running down the side of the Chinese dim sum restaurant. His imagination traces an invisible path of rain; he turns to us, explaining: Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe water goes down the pipe, across the
Memory (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedbefore memory departs I practice silently to become fluent before all the words dissolve into blank dictionaries <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dcOw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20c26573-4e7f-45fa-a889-5e61344d64b6_3022x3651.jpeg"
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