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Damn near every place is haunted, whether ghosts are real or not. Live in a place long enough and you get to know a few. There’s not much of a shoulder on this highway. Just before this bridge, I usually see Larry on his bicycle. He was thrown out of the casino one night and got…
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I am exhausted I close my eyes and try to ground myself by feeling my body sinking into the earthThanks for reading On the Oxbow! Subscribe for free to…
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My therapist recently tasked me with something so simple that I was immediately skeptical. She asked me to describe the opposite of anxiety, and I…
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A friend wrote today about owls. Here is my answer
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I was privileged to welcome summer this year with an incredibly kind and thoughtful circle of near strangers on the banks of the Blackfoot River in…
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But today, I'm planting trees
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In a society obsessed with efficient pursuit of profit, care feels like a radical act.
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