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 Call to Action: Accumulating Hope
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In Call to Action
Posted June 26, 2025

Call to Action: Accumulating Hope

My friends, where do we begin? I hope that if you’re reading this, you were able to protest earlier this month for NO KINGS DAY. We have to keep showing up however we can, even if we doubt that [...]

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 Your Secret Is Safe with Me
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By Katey
In The Writing Life
Posted June 19, 2025

Your Secret Is Safe with Me

I hope if you are reading this you have great summer reads picked out, an ecologically diverse window view (or plans to visit such a place!), and some kind of secret that you are carrying into [...]

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 Call to Action: Giving Defunded Publishers a Boost
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In Call to Action
Posted June 6, 2025

Call to Action: Giving Defunded Publishers a Boost

According to Publishers Weekly, “On May 2 the National Endowment for the Arts terminated or rescinded grants already awarded in the 2025 fiscal year to a number of cultural institutions, [...]

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 That Time the Black Bear Climbed into My Car
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In The Writing Life
Posted May 29, 2025

That Time the Black Bear Climbed into My Car

Well, a black-bear cub opened the back passenger door of my car this month and climbed in. From the paw prints and black hairs on the headliner, I can tell it also climbed up front and even [...]

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 Call to Action: Protests, Phone Calls, and DEI
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In Call to Action
Posted May 15, 2025

Call to Action: Protests, Phone Calls, and DEI

One thing we can do right now: Protest! There are protests being organized all over the country to speak out against the policies of the current administration. I protested on April 19th, and it [...]

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 After the Flood Came the Fire
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In The Writing Life
Posted May 1, 2025

After the Flood Came the Fire

The forest is coming to life again, even against the backdrop of Helene’s damage, and I need to tell you what that means for those of us still here. Why? Because our climate disaster is yours, [...]

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 Call to Action: What About that Amazon Boycott?
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By Katey
In Call to Action
Posted April 5, 2025

Call to Action: What About that Amazon Boycott?

First, thanks to those who responded to last month’s invitation to divest from Meta…including the writers who informed me that WhatsApp is owned by Meta (I’ve since switched to Signal) and those [...]

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 Affirming our Humanity
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By Katey
In The Writing Life
Posted March 29, 2025

Affirming our Humanity

Over the past month, despite much of the surrounding national forest still being closed, we’ve braved some of the hiking trails. Hiking has felt very healing, if not also tender. Just a hundred [...]

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 Call to Action: It’s Time to Break Up with Meta
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In Call to Action
Posted March 4, 2025

Call to Action: It’s Time to Break Up with Meta

It’s time to break up with Meta. Yes, I understand entire businesses and livelihoods have been “made” on these platforms. Yes, I understand it’s not a simple request. Yes, I understand it can’t [...]

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 I Can Hear Her Breathing
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In The Writing Life
Posted February 20, 2025

I Can Hear Her Breathing

We continue to feel very protective of our family time, in our post-Helene, reunited lives. Volunteering happens weekly, at relief centers or river and creek cleanups. Below, you’ll see my son [...]

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