I'm a doctor in the same way that Jill Biden is a doctor. In other words, yes, I am actually a real doctor. Like Dr. Biden, I have a doctorate in education. Also, like Dr. Biden, I earned …
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Clean Hands Save Lives
I was a child, just a child, when I started to worry about adult truths, when my bleeding heart began to beat for the tragedies of the world, and when I first started scrubbing my hands raw until they …
I Am Not Writing
I am not writing. I am wiping down the counter again. I am feeding the dog, I am putting clean dishes away. I am checking the clock, checking my child’s schedule, and then checking if my child is …
The Case for Becoming a Quarantine Knitter
I began knitting in college. This was in the mid 80’s, before knitting became cool and funky. Knitting was for grandmothers, but I was drawn to the soothing presence of knitters in my dorm who …
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If It’s Not Too Late
As a child I would lay in my bed and imagine strange men knocking the door down, dragging my family into the street, murdering us under the streetlamp. I was afraid of this, but not in the way I …
How to Stay Friends For the “Long Haul”: A Review of BIG FRIENDSHIP
BIG FRIENDSHIP: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman. A review by Nina Badzin. As a friendship advice columnist and a longtime listener of the popular podcast Call Your …
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