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My Shorts Are Older Than the Internet
…Community, on the other hand, may be the most relevant thing there is right now. After all, as human beings, we’re communal creatures who live and breathe not just through our own lives but through the lives of our communities, through the lives of those we care for and those who care for us. This is true individually, but it is also true as families, as towns and cities and nations and even as a species….
A Fork in the Grove
When I went to college, I didn’t have a plan. Instead, I followed my heart and wrote memoir and poetry (minimally less terrible) and abysmal fiction; I went to protests and walked barefoot in the grass and camped under the sky in Joshua Tree where, one night, we awoke to a line of coyotes that stood at the edge of our camp, silver in the light of the full moon….
Treehouse
On top of a rolling Virginia countryside hill sat a sweet old farmhouse surrounded by corn, hay, and cows. Out front, a gravel driveway off the narrow dirt road led to two magnificent maples sheltering the house away from the hot summer sun. For three little girls, this place was a wonderland. Barefoot and free to roam and play, they had epic games of hide and seek; caught fireflies in jars; spent hours reading and coloring on the front porch; picked cherries, raspberries, and blackberries; jumped from hay bale to hay bale; grew sunflowers; played and squealed in the sprinkler; built castles and tunnels in the sandy horseshoe pits … never bored, always exploring and creating.