Category Archives: Reflections
The Privileges of Driving
In a small discussion group for a course I was taking on racism, I described a time when a cop and I bantered back and forth after I’d been pulled over. A young Black man said, “I could not ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Cort-Voltmer, Black experience, community, conversation, diversity, Driving, driving while black, education, equality, freedom, parenting, Privileged, racism, trauma, white privilege
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Over It
Comical Explanation
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Tagged acknowledgement, children, conversation, friendship, over it, parenting, Quarantine, social distance, Wave
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Rhymes for Couples
Comical Explanation
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Tagged adulting, bedtime, chores, communication, couples, expectations, fight, humor, laundry, marriage, realationships, rhymes, work ethic
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The Novel
To abandon the novel- would be a surrender. It would allow my sorrow to become curtains on all the windows, locks on all the doors Yet the leaves would still fall outside, and the snow. In the coming spring, new … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, creativity, descriptive writing, insight, inspiration, introduction, mindfulness, mother nature, novel, publishing, simplicity, surrender, writer, Yiyun Li
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Real Life of an MSW 