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Last month my grandmother died. I knew I’d someday have to say these words out
loud, but, nonetheless, I wasn’t ready to say them. Maybe because she helped
raise me, and
Humanity
St. Grocery-Store Clerk
Culture, that hazy subject upon which this publication focuses, has at its root
the word “cult,” which essentially means a sub-group of people who share the
same beliefs and practices, fostering in this
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I’m writing this on Independence Day, the United States’ birthday, an odd time
to be thinking about Burundi, but that’s exactly what I’m doing. Burundi is a
tiny nation in
Here, Now
“Come join the shopping spree!” With this exhortation, the woman at a table near
mine greets her friend who is approaching the cafe area of the bookstore, the
third friend in the group
Surrendering a Shoebox
This story takes place on a thick and sweaty Wednesday, which is the only kind
of Wednesday we have here in Texas prior to Halloween. My three-year-old, Owen,
left our red-brick one-story after