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Lucy loves

In C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, Lucy is the youngest and wisest of the children. She has not yet been infected with skepticism. She still believes in herself, so it is easy to believe in others. She still believes in love, so it is easy to be brave. The Lucy of Tabby’s Place is much […]

Epilogues: November 2024

No one gets out of November unscathed: not you, not me, and not the star-crossed onions who gave their lives to surf your Aunt Lurlene’s green bean casserole. Elections cause feelings. Thanksgivings cause feelings. The last chrysanthemum falling to the ground? The poet trees turned naked as prose? Feelings. Feelings. Feelings. The only cure for […]

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Let it never be said that May is monotone. Stuff went down this past month, kittens. Billy Ray Cyrus returned to the radio, achy-breaking all of our ears if not our spirits. The President of the United States of America presented a very large trophy to a very large man at the Grand Sumo tournament. […]