Category: Musings
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Stranger in a Strange Land: Israel, Pt. 1
When I left Israel in April, everyone told me I would be processing it for months, even years. I didn’t want to believe them. I wanted it to be a nice tidy package by the end of summer: here’s what I learned, here’s how I grew, my three-point essay, my expert reflections on the conflict.…
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The Corona Diaries ~ April
So I know it’s June and it’s been a while since the first Corona Dairies but I don’t want to forget to post this. These are the ramblings I recorded on my phone in between grocery store shifts last spring. It’s strange rereading them now, as the world—my corner of it, at least—opens up like…
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We Are What They Grow Beyond: Review of A Quiet Place II
Hey friends, and happy (almost) summer! In the next few months I want to work on non-fiction pieces and maybe some short fiction too. I’ve been writing more poetry this spring, which has been lovely, but I want to use these school-free months to write some longer-form creative stuff. Hopefully some of that will show…
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The One Book Everyone Needs To Read in 2020
The AND (&) Campaign‘s Compassion (&) Conviction This is both a review and a summary (with lots of quotes!), so if you can’t get your hands on this book right now, I hope you can still benefit from it & wrestle with what it says. This is one of those books I want to bring…
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Why The Last Jedi Is More Relevant Than Ever (& How My Mind is Changing About It)
The Last Jedi? Didn’t that come out, like, three years ago? What does it have to do with all this 2020 craziness? Well, I watched it a few weeks ago, showing it to the little sissies for the first time, and it turns out—there’s a really powerful connection to 2020 in it. I wrote this…
A Glimpse of Starlight 