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Lonely Mountains: The White Peak
My memory of those weeks at the feet of the alps, over thirteen years ago, is so erroded that I want to affect the tone of a yarn or fairy-tale. Once upon a time, I flew into Geneva. The airport could have been a series of beige and gray arches punctuated with metal detectors and Swiss customs agents speaking to me in polite, accented English; we shared an awkward chuckle about their counterpartsā¦
This is my statement for every "shot in the neck" of natural consequences. Nonviolence alone has not been enough yet an open rebellion would be premature and do more harm than good. Instead, we must part with our virtue-signaling and self-righteous rhetoric ... If you want to be "good cop", be good but stop trying to stifle "bad cop". Let the bad cops cook.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security campus safety webinar was ānot intended for members of the media,ā said Vania Lockett as she instructed journalists to āplease drop from the call.ā Even when presenting to higher-education staff, Noem's DHS anticipates embarrassment. I am a DSO - a ādesignated school officialā - reporting on government agencies during the Trump administration is not my job. Yet I am the author of "Reverse Exiled" essays; witnessing is my vocation.
Enter the Autumnal: 2024
My mind visited fifteen years of 'seasons' like a bee to flowers. The honey to be made is their composite; I did not drink too much nectar from any one. I hoped the clouds would break, drench me, thrust me into a sensory revolution.
This essay is a prelude to āOwl & Stagā A Perch Fit for Reflecting On a misty Friday after the Autumnal equinox, I walked into a wooded pocket of Northern Maryland. The NYT daily Wordle was āFAITHā and a Mary Oliver poem shared on Instagram suggested the need for a āprodā. I carried a vague sense of spiritual confluence with me, but I did not know what it meant nor what I wanted it to mean. Myā¦
Owl & Stag
As the golden light intensified, I heard a familiar 'whoop-whoop' to my left. I turned my whole body ninety-degrees hoping for a glimpse of an owl as it disappeared beyond a nearby bend in the stream-bed.
Swamp Owls are Watching Me In February of 2019 I moved-in with my father at the age of nearly 33. The memory of our overlap in Holland, Michigan, has an ephemeral aura. Neither of us live there anymore. We were both raised in the smaller town of Cassopolis, which has a history and essence different from ātulip townā. I made the move I was laid-off from a lawncare job in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Iā¦
One Season of "Ahsoka" Background Content
No one asked for this but I wanted to do it, anyway. Earlier this week I asked a friend, who plans to watch the āAhsokaā series how much time they would have to spare for additional content. Iāve watched the whole Ahsoka series twice, so I have a fair idea of what animated āStar Warsā content would enhance their viewing experience. My friend said theyād have ā30 minutes, topsā. So I humored themā¦
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'The Huntress' & Me
This is the difference between pursuit and seeking: seeking needs and desires the consent of the sought.
Thirteen years and several days have passed since that day:A vision came to me in the morning. That is how I must describe it. If I were to offer a scientific explanation it might be that the sensory parts of my brain were as active in sleep as when awakeā but I am not credentialed as a scientist. It was a vision: what happened in my mind was as real as anything that ever happened in myā¦
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The Smallest Nesting Doll
Before I explicate, analyze, and otherwise become verbose: I offer an image. There is a doll of a man who looks like an international education professional; see him, though it does not matter how you dress him. There is a seam along his edge, a crack that is not a mistake, where (obviously) he comes apart to reveal another aspect. This outer-most persona would be missed the least, though it isā¦
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Values: A Reorientation
I was an undergraduate writing consultant, years ago. I tutored students in English by helping them with their writing assignments. I worked at the MSU Library Writing Center Annex with AimĆ©e Knight, who was a pleasure to work with on an evening shift. She recently launched a blog about āContemplative Communicationā ā because Iām a School of Communication graduate and a dabbler in ācontemplativeā¦
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Courage 3: Bung-hole Breathing
My submerged state isn't like a genius in his technologically advanced vessel as much as a reptile breathing through its asshole.
I considered titling this piece āturtle on a full-shellā In āCourage 1: A Star Wordā I made an unearned allusion to ā20 Thousand Leagues Under the Seaā, which Iāve never read. I am aware of cloacal respiration, though, so I can honestly say that I am more like a turtle in a frozen pond than Nemo, captain of a ficational submarine called The Nautilus. My submerged state isnāt like a genius in hisā¦
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And Then I Flipped It
I leave by going backward down a spiraling ramp at more than 40 miles per hour! There isn't enough space between me, another car, and a concrete pillar so I decided to back down the ramp at great speed.
This morning I had an adult-life stress-nightmare. Come: relive it with meā¦ ā¦the sky was a threadbare blue, like faded jeansā¦ Iām in my high-rise apartment and the sun is already so high I canāt see it in my window. I need to drive to work! But I canāt remember how to get to work. Iāve been doing this for months, I think, but itās still possible to simply forget. Itās being ādifferentā ā itāsā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.7
The exciting, juicy conclusion of my "open-letter" "thinking-aloud" interview prep: 11 more questions to append to the 29 I answered yesterday... part #7 is here!
As promised, the juicy remainder of the questions provided by HelloGiggles: The Final 11 Questions from ā40 Interview Questions You Should Be Prepared to Answerā 30) Tell us about a time you failed. Iām doing this one last. Like #33, below, thereās a menu of options. Unlike #33, an apropos instance isnāt jumping to mind so quickly. I am taking for granted that the failure was within myā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.6
I tackle a list of the 40 most common interview questions and get through 29 of them. Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion!
I am a familiar, sub-optimal version of myself today, since not sleeping enough. The cloudiness of the day and running out of bananas also did not help. To be fair, many of us make the choice to procrastinate on a Sunday anyway ā especially after working on interview-prep most of yesterday. Also fair to say: I did more reflective writing than focused interview preparation. Then again, still fairā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.5
Interview-prep free-write: part #5
What are your strengths? Writing has been a chief skill of mine my entire adult life. I attach both pride and pleasure to the process of creating a great document. I never tire of finding ways to make documents better. Making the writing better can take many forms. For example, creating more economy or clarity in the language. Sometimes, it means making the way that the text is presented moreā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.4
Interview-prep free-write: part #4
So, can you tell us a little about yourself? I am someone for whom multiculturalism and polyvocality are important values. Iāve known for over a decade, now, that itās the nature of mass media to distort narratives. To start to know a place or a people you have to travel there or meet them. So, I always I intended to find a professional niche where I could support people coming together. Iā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.3
Interview-prep free-writing: installment #3
Could you describe your work-style, please? Iām accustomed to offices where my supervisors and coworkers are too busy to micromanage me, and thus I become intrinsically motivated. It was expected of me. I wanted my work to show my character so I wasnāt waiting to be told what to do in those environments, if I could help it. Counter-intuitively, that meant that I met regularly with the sameā¦
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Jump-Start Vol.2
Interview-prep brain-dump: part 2
Where do you see yourself in five years? The honest answer is that I see myself writing performance poetry. I can tell because I keep avoiding performance-poetry videos and podcasts whenever that little voice in my head says āā¦that should be you but youāre not doing that right nowā¦ā I tend to be invested or not. Iām afraid the obligations of surviving will compete with my creativity or theā¦
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