When You Stop Repeating Yourself.
Today I put black and white ornaments on a small, artificial tree with my mother. We twisted paperclips into ornament hangers and hung up...
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cassieebrown
Nov 18, 20214 min read
When You Bite Your Tongue.
I sit in the coffee shop in Real Town, having just finished a raspberry scone with a white chocolate glaze that would be the envy of any...
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cassieebrown
Nov 11, 20213 min read
When You Leave Your Mark.
The days are clear, and the leaves are turning autumn bright. They turn gold, then scarlet day by day. They are vividly red for a moment,...
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cassieebrown
Oct 16, 20214 min read
When You Do Not Keep Pace With Your Companions.
Around here, I dance on a blade’s edge—leftist brain with a farmgirl heart. White-collar job with blue-collar sensibilities. I always...
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cassieebrown
Oct 11, 20214 min read
When You Lose Your Voice.
“Military wife, huh?” my new coworker asked me with a grin. She had just learned that I spent my adult life in California, Colorado,...
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cassieebrown
Oct 9, 20213 min read
When Forgetting Means Re-learning.
I realized that I don't hug my mother very much. COVID and living alone have made my arms heavy, hesitant, and empty. I don't know how to...
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cassieebrown
Oct 8, 20214 min read
When strangers aren't strangers.
Yesterday Mom and I stopped at a hometown diner in Smalltown on our way back from the Smalltown Cemetery, after decorating the grave of...
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