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The Road, My Love
Panama - April 2023 My Love. Four years have passed, but it seems like another lifetime ago. I had all but given up hope that I’d ever feel your arms…
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La Vagabonde Vs. The Machine
February 2022 Winter: this one so cold, dark, eternal. Outside the window, a moon encased in ice vapor, cradled in the forest’s naked embrace. A languid…
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The Bear
Long ago, across the great water in the place now called Wisconsin, there was a cataclysm. Some say it was fire, others hunger. Many humans and animals…
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Liquid Memory
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The Evolution of Correspondence
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Propaganda: Part 2
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Propaganda: Part 2
(…continued from Part 1) Rick informs us that there has been a last-minute addition to the itinerary. We’d be the first ever to experience a showing of…
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Propaganda: Part 1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) - April 2016 “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the…
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When I was a little girl, I journeyed to distant lands. I went on archeological digs in Egypt and expeditions into the steamy jungles of the Amazon…
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Going Dark
And just like that, it's over. The shrieking voices, the jubilant splashes, the shrill drone of motor boats slicing through waves. The aroma of cut…
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The Beauty in Me
Hawai’i, U.S.A. – August 1993 The highway from Honolulu to the North Shore slices through naked orange earth. A desolation that I didn't expect. “Those…
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Make a Wish
It was June of 1997. My favorite place on the riverbank. “C'mon, smile for me,” my boyfriend said. I lifted the sides of my mouth. Some of the tension…
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Season 3 Episode 30: Julie Riso on Awakening to Nature
“Each day brings a new surprise – another songbird’s voice, new buds emerge, and, finally, wildflowers. Marsh marigolds first, then violets. The …
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